maybe this helps or gives a hint: here is a solution that (partially) solved the sound problems on my dell inspiron mini 1010 xubuntu 14.04: i installed VLC and made it the standard player for video & audio. in the audio settings of VLC i had to chose manually ALSA as my output module! AND (very important in my case): as device i chose HDA Intel MID, ALC269 analog front speakers!!!
BUT: when i start my dell i FIRST have to PLAY ONCE AN AUDIO OR VIDEO FILE WITH VLC to have normal functioning sound from then on everywhere: in parole, gmusicbrowser, firefox/youtube... IF i play any kind of file right after start up with parole or gmusic, i get the describes glitches, crackles and underruns. this shows me that ALSA is not or at least not correctly loaded into the system at start up, only after VLC has been run once...! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251399 Title: [Inspiron 1010, Realtek ALC269, Speaker, Internal] Sound is distorted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1251399/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
