Very odd bug. Appeared again for me >_> So posting the temporary workaround I found here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/751265/comments/23 I guess now I can sleep easy at night :D
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877509 Title: [4286CTO, Creative CA0110-IBG, White Headphone Out, Front] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sound is distorted and choppy until I run ubuntu-bug. This fixes the problem until the next reboot when I must do it again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: alex 1797 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: alex 1797 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf2520000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21da,00100000 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 20 Simple ctrls : 8 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Creative'/'HDA Creative at 0xf1c00000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'Creative CA0110-IBG' Components : 'HDA:1102000a,11021001,00100000' Controls : 15 Simple ctrls : 8 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Tue Oct 18 11:09:47 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Creative successful Symptom_Card: [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG - HDA Creative Symptom_Jack: White Headphone Out, Front Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_SpeakerTestPulseStderr: W r i t e e r r o r : - 3 2 , B r o k e n p i p e Symptom_Type: Underruns, dropouts, or "crackling" sound Title: [4286CTO, Creative CA0110-IBG, White Headphone Out, Front] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8DET45WW (1.15 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 4286CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET45WW(1.15):bd05/13/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4286CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4286CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4286CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/877509/+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