[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-12-02 Thread hoocker
default-fragments = 2 default-fragment-size-msec = 5 in daemon.conf, and load-module module-alsa-sink tsched=0 (only needed if using acpi, acpi=off or apm works nice without it) in default.pa helped me on thinkpad 570e with snd_cs46xx ( 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-11-03 Thread gigaflop1000
I do not know much about ubuntu/linux, but I have been trying things blindly for awhile and will only add what has not already been said. I get huge variations in the quality of sound when I adjust the hardware profile under sound preferences. The changes range from no sound, to very tinny sound,

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-10-16 Thread Aibara Iduas
I also have the same crackling sound problem on a Dell Dimension 8100 (Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator]). It started when I upgraded to Karmic, though now I'm using a fresh install of Maverick. The problem, however, is still there in Ubuntu 10.10. --

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-08-03 Thread Raymond
I: alsa-sink.c: Using 32.0 fragments of size 2048 bytes (11.61ms), buffer size is 65536 bytes (371.52ms) I: alsa-sink.c: Time scheduling watermark is 20.00ms : alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. D: alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep time for the initial iterations by half. D: alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep

Re: [Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-08-03 Thread Luke Yelavich
THis patch is not in the stable queue, so I am hesitant to pull it into the package for maverick, and this is probably not a patch that would qualify for an SRU. I'll get this patch into a PPA for you to test. if its favourable, then I will consider adding the aptch to the maverick pulseaudio

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-07-21 Thread rgonnering
Like shanen (Shannon Jacobs), sound was working with 9.04 on my IBM T22 with Sound Fusion CS46xx. When I upgraded to 9.10, sound stopped working. I then upgraded to 10.04, and still no sound. I then loaded the 10.04 live disk and still no sound. Does anyone have a clue what is wrong or how to fix

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-06-15 Thread Jeff Sumner
Any word? I see that there's no assigned person on this, and the Alsa folk seem just as reluctant to work on it. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-05-11 Thread Joseph Huber
Same problem here...Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI with CS4630 chipset in a Dell Optiplex 620. This card was working wonderfully in 9.04. I skipped the 9.10 upgrade after reading that support for this card was broken. I had to upgrade to 10.04 LTS to work on another project, and as mentioned above,

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-04-29 Thread jimbo
I am running a turtle beach santa cruz sound card cs46xx chipset. I had the same problems with motorboating noise in ubuntu 9.10 and ubuntu 10.04. With linuxmint 8, based on ubuntu 9.10, the sound is great! No problems at all! In windows xp the sound is also problem free! -- pulseaudio

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-04-27 Thread Jeff Sumner
Still a problem, right up to release date. Is there a file, a log, any kind of information that might help in troubleshooting this? -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-03-18 Thread Jeff Sumner
Indeed- still present in Lucid. Can't use the sound card for anything where I need to rely on it- like fldigi, where my transmission might become illegal if the sound card goes into a loop. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-03-18 Thread Kosmonaut
@thatthatman: Yes, this bug is still present in Lucid :-( -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-03-12 Thread Mobius
I have a Santa Cruz 5.1 card using Sound Fusion CS46xx. My sound actually stopped working when I went from 8.10 to 9.04. 9.04 to 9.10 got sound with pulseaudio troubleshooting. Exhibits the symptoms thathatman described unless I set the hardware in pulseaudio to 4.0 output, but only heard playback

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-03-04 Thread thathatman
Has anyone tested Lucid yet? Is this bug still present? -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-03-04 Thread Daniel T Chen
** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) = linux (Ubuntu) -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-01-30 Thread shanen (Shannon Jacobs)
This bug is listed as a duplicate of a different bug report that more accurately described the symptoms that I am seeing. In my machines. What I see is total sound failure (apart from a few intermittent clicks at boot time) on machines that worked fine with 9.04. That includes three machines from

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-01-30 Thread shanen (Shannon Jacobs)
Whoops, I meant to say at least 3 machines, but I think I may have tested it on as many as five machines that failed, and found only one machine where the sound worked properly (from the live CD, as I recall). -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-01-15 Thread Jeff Sumner
It's been a month- anyone need more information that we can move forward? The laptop still stutters, and I've removed Pulse from it because of that, though I could install it again. Fedora uses similar software and has the same problem. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2010-01-12 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/pulseaudio -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-12-04 Thread Jeff Sumner
Okay. Here are the specific symptoms (file attached): Often, nothing noticed until I start a music player (any will do). Ubuntu bongos play normally when I log in. I start a music player, choose a song, press play, and often, a song will start to play (sometimes: silence- about 20% of the

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-11-15 Thread Jeff Sumner
I'm having trouble on an IBM Thinkpad A20m- CS46XX sound card. Is there anything that I could do to help in the troubleshooting/fixing? -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member

Re: [Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-11-15 Thread Daniel T Chen
@Jeff Sumner See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-11-03 Thread MiiJaySung
I can confirm that I also have this. My active sound card is the onboard sound on my Asus M2N32 WS Pro motherboard. It's using a AD1988B (Analog Devices) chip, and it's driving spare! -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-11-02 Thread Rod Shean
I also had an old Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound Card using the CS46xx Driver. Had problems with the making a loud buzzing noise anytime I used the mouse; only way to get it to stop was to move the volume setting around. Played around with sitting using the Alsa mixer for at least 2 hours only

Re: [Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-11-02 Thread Daniel T Chen
The cs46xx driver is notorious for making you jump through mixer control hoops to do things. We have a FAQ in the ALSA wiki for it. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-11-01 Thread John Watson
I have an old Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card using the CS46xx driver and was having exactly these symptoms after upgrading to Karmic (audio with pulseaudio was working perfectly in Jaunty). Switching output to the onboard audio (Realtek ALC883) made the problem completely go away. --

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-28 Thread Ernesto Manriquez
1. Arch Linux is stuck in Pulseaudio 0.9.15 because of this. 2. CS46xx is buggy as hell. It is possible, but difficult, to trigger the same bug with plain ALSA. Also, Pulseaudio with ts_sched=1 is unusable with CS46xx. Audio streams lose their synchronization, and the only way to play audio

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-26 Thread thathatman
When I use my onboard audio instead this problem disappears completely. (Too bad it sounds a little bit better than a drive-thru intercom...) So we've nailed down that it's a pulseaudio problem specific to this audio chipset. Any ideas, Daniel? -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on

Re: [Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-26 Thread Daniel T Chen
I won't have time in the near future to investigate, but it's certainly on my plate for Lucid/10.04. Please hang tight... -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-26 Thread Rob Speer
I have my doubts that this is a pulseaudio problem. If I kill pulseaudio and play sound with alsaplayer, I get exactly the same effect. Also, when I run pulseaudio manually, I see things like this: E: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-19 Thread Simon Booth
Same problem here with pulse/cs46xx on a T20. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-19 Thread Simon Booth
I've just tested and DVD playback is fine with esound in place of pulseaudio. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-07 Thread Rob Speer
I know how to use ubuntu-bug to add my system information to a new bug, but how do I add it to an existing one? -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-07 Thread Rob Speer
Figured out how (apport-collect). Okay, there's my information. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-07 Thread thathatman
Whoa, I didn't even see that this bug was marked as fixed. The patch posted above did not fix this bug for me. Sounds like Knarf and Daniel fixed a similar bug above. I'm guessing that this must be a cs46xx related bug... How can I help track this bug down? Rob, can you add all your system

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-10-06 Thread Rob Speer
I have pulseaudio 0.9.18-0ubuntu3, and I am still experiencing terrible machine-gun noises, crackling, and distortion on my cs46xx. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-22 Thread knarf
Looking at the differences between svolume_sse.c from pulseaudio 0.9.16 and the current one I noticed that those changes are only cosmetical - only a comment has changed. It does not make sense to try to patch that... But you can of course try the patch I posted in #19 and see if that works for

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-22 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:~crimsun/pulseaudio/ubuntu -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-22 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:0.9.18-0ubuntu3 --- pulseaudio (1:0.9.18-0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low * debian/patches/: + 0052-revert-sse2-optimize.patch: Revert 3d5a57 causing audio anomalies (LP: #428619) -- Daniel T Chen crim...@ubuntu.com Tue,

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-21 Thread knarf
After modifying that incantation a bit by adding PULSE_NO_SIMD=1 to the mpd init script as mpd starts its own version of pulseaudio the noise dissappeared... in other words the recent problems with distorted sound ARE caused by the SSE-optimized code... There are very few changes to the actual

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-21 Thread knarf
Reverted svolume_sse.c does NOT solve the problem - the bug lives elsewhere. -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-21 Thread knarf
Another observation: the volume control on a client (in my case mpd) does not actually change the volume. There are three states: volume maxed, sound OK volume between maxed and minimum, sound distorted at full volume volume minimized, no sound -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-21 Thread knarf
OK, I found it. The problem - in my case at least - lies in svolume_mmx.c (not svolume_sse.c). Reverting that file back to the previous version gets rid of the problem. These are the changes which caused the appearance of the distorted sound problem on my box: diff -pruN

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-21 Thread knarf
I should add that I run pulseaudio on a Thinkpad T23 with a Pentium III-m which does NOT support SSE2. As I do not have any systems available which do support SSE2 I can not test the validity of svolume_sse.c (which actually contains SSE2 code, not SSE...). Someone else, like the original bug

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-21 Thread thathatman
knarf, thanks for all your work. Can you give me some help reverting and testing? Thanks -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-20 Thread knarf
Same problem here on different hardware running latest pulseaudio from ubuntu-audio-dev. Symptoms are the same: sound is sort of allright when the volume client is maxed, anything below that sounds from bad to worse. Being that the symptoms seem to be volume-related I wonder if this is due to some

Re: [Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-20 Thread Daniel T Chen
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM, knarf launchpad-ubunt...@unternet.org wrote: Same problem here on different hardware running latest pulseaudio from ubuntu-audio-dev. Symptoms are the same: sound is sort of allright when the volume client is maxed, anything below that sounds from bad to

[Bug 428619] Re: pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update

2009-09-14 Thread thathatman
Bug still present in 1:0.9.17-0ubuntu1. Crackling/distortion appears to be diminished but machine-gun sound remains. What other information would be helpful? -- pulseaudio crackle/distortion with cs46xx on latest update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428619 You received this bug notification