Many thanks to Daniel T Chen (see https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.17/+bug/68659)!
echo "options snd-via82xx dxs_support=2" |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d /alsa-base and a reboot solves!! the problem. Thanks Daniel! And thanks to Stefan Fleiter for pointing the duplicate. Chris -- Sound server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting https://launchpad.net/bugs/66982 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
