Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1735995 Title: Audio skipping/'crackling', pavucontrol shows constant (1-sec) dropping of connection to server Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: So to clarify, the audio is *rapidly* dropping (i.e. drops every sec or so), which seems roughly in time with Pavucontrol constantly flickering up a "Establishing connection to PulseAudio. Please wait..." message. I've tested both the front and back audio plugs on my desktop, both show the same problem. It doesn't 'flicker' through HDMI-audio, which is a viable workaround as long as HDMI-audio *works* (I don't think that's a "bug", so much as it hasn't been implemented, and won't be until DAL arrives). Anyway, IIRC the problem also occurs on other distros, and at some point it *was* working, before some software update. The same problem occurs on other distros too. Also, when the audio is playing through my headphones through *non*-HDMI audio, the audio icon flickers too. Also, upon trying to get the above icon-flicker to happen again, it's labelling my headphones as "unplugged" and not playing *any* (audible) audio. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:10.0-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: me 11666 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: me 11666 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: me 11666 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Dec 4 00:29:06 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-02 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB successful Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed Symptom_Type: Underruns, dropouts, or "crackling" sound Title: [To Be Filled By O.E.M., Realtek ALC892, Green Headphone Out, Front] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/05/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P2.80 dmi.board.name: 970 Extreme4 dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.80:bd08/05/2015:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rn970Extreme4:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1735995/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
