Harold, Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.
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. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1137997 Title: [ICH4 - Intel ICH6, playback] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sound starts out normal the cracks and breaks up ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: echo 1622 F.... pulseaudio Date: Fri Mar 1 10:04:38 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-28 (62 days ago) InstallationMedia: MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:ICH6 successful Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - Intel ICH6 Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_Type: Underruns, dropouts, or "crackling" sound Title: [ICH4 - Intel ICH6, playback] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Gateway dmi.bios.version: 62.04 dmi.board.vendor: Gateway dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway dmi.chassis.version: Rev.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnGateway:bvr62.04:bd10/19/2005:svnGateway:pnCX2618:pvr3402235:rvnGateway:rn:rvr:cvnGateway:ct8:cvrRev.1: dmi.product.name: CX2618 dmi.product.version: 3402235 dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1137997/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

