For my Gentoo installation restarting /etc/init.d/alsasound fixes the issue. It even works from within X (unless sound is playing, of course). It seems to be a race condition.
Regards Jan Hackel On Monday 09 April 2007 18:39, Link Ray Swanson wrote: > I have a terrible crackle/distortion on the left output of my coreduo > MacBookPro 17" with any linux distro. The crunch/crackle is the same in > OpenSUSE, Fedora 6, Mandriva, and my currently installed distro, Ubuntu > Feisty Beta. The problem is not present in OS X or (gasp) Windows Vista. > It sounds the same through onboard speakers, headphones, or external > speakers. The right channel sounds perfect. > > Any clues? Perhaps an ALSA config? Setting in alsamixer? > > Please advise > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Mactel-linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users