I'm seeing this bug in Linux Mint 19.1 (Ubuntu 18.04 base). The audio devices do not appear and disappear in the "Sounds" GUI. The workaround I've found is to do this in a terminal:
pulseaudio -k && sleep 5 ; pulseaudio -D Sometimes this works for hours, and sometimes it works for minutes, after killing/restarting the PulseAudio daemon, as above. -- 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/1353013 Title: Popping/Crackling sound when playing audio in Ubuntu 14.04 Status in nvidia-hdmi-pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When listening to audio (pandora internet radio, youtube, etc.), I get a repeated popping/crackling sound. When I look at the sound settings while this is happening, I see "Headphone Output" rapidly appearing and then disappearing in the "Play Sound Through" section. The appearance and disappearance of "Headphone Output" coincides with the popping and crackling of the sound. I am wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that my Nvidia card has a built-in HDMI card that might be interfering with my onboard sound: $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7220000 irq 54 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 55 cat /proc/asound/modules 0 snd_hda_intel 1 snd_hda_intel Obviously blacklisting "snd_hda_intel" in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf won't work, because it then disables all sound (both onboard and nvidia are listed as snd_hda_intel). Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: tim 1856 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Aug 5 10:17:34 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (109 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/07/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: BLH6710H.86A.0132.2011.1007.1505 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: DH67CL dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAG10212-205 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrBLH6710H.86A.0132.2011.1007.1505:bd10/07/2011:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDH67CL:rvrAAG10212-205:cvn:ct3:cvr: modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2014-08-04T12:00:53.999120 mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2014-08-04T12:18:08.532386 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-hdmi-pulseaudio/+bug/1353013/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
