If it isn't the hardware position, it could be some kernel thread blocking PulseAudio from running; you can check this using the wakeup_rt tracer. From there I don't know; because I'm not confident with writing patches for other subsystems.
Hrm, I think Pulseaudio should try to be a little more helpful here, a debug message on schedule delays wouldn't hurt e g... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996906 Title: periodic audio skips with Intel HDA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/996906/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
