I noticed this problem in Gutsy, as well. One day (sorry I can't be more specific) I started hearing a burst of static at the login screen. Didn't put it all together until I was trying to figure something out in Hardy and triggered the exact same sound (playback of the startup .ogg sound from within administration -> login window -> accessibility).
In addition, killing all of pulseaudio does not fix the problem. -- Rhythmbox sound problems (clicking/snapping/crackling) when not using crossfading backend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
