Re: LUG: Ubuntu Sound Issues - Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:35:14 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Ubuntu Sound Issues

From : Nathan Wilson <njwilso3@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:35:14 -0400

* Make that Nick. I'm so good with names!

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Nathan Wilson <njwilso3@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Also, it seems like you have both the built-in card and sound card
> enumerated. �If you would like to use the sound card on that system,
> the easiest way to go about it is to first go into BIOS and disabling
> built-in audio, though you could also force ALSA to allocate the
> SoundBlaster to the default slot if you prefer. In Ubuntu 10.10, you
> can do <sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf> in a terminal and
> try adding <options snd-hda-intel index=-2> to the bottom, CTRL-O,
> then <sudo alsa force-reload> to restart ALSA.
>
> If you haven't checked it already,
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto might also help,
> in particular the first section on manually entering module
> parameters.
>
> Donald, I assume you're talking to Chris, but:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux nwilson-laptop 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1
> 14:39:03 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Nicholas Almond <njalmond@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>> Sorry its taken so long for me to repost about this, I've been busy...I got
>> the information about my sound hardware using the command you suggested:
>>
>> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
>> �� Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device a002
>> �� Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
>> �� Memory at fe024000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>> �� Capabilities: <access denied>
>> �� Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
>> �� Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>> 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
>> �� Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 960f
>> �� Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
>> �� Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>> �� Capabilities: <access denied>
>> �� Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
>> �� Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>> 03:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster
>> �� Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0570 [SB Audigy SE]
>> �� Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
>> �� I/O ports at cf00 [size=32]
>> �� Capabilities: <access denied>
>> �� Kernel driver in use: CA0106
>> �� Kernel modules: snd-ca0106
>> I looked and my motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H.� I was also
>> incorrect on my first post, I tried that same video again, still in VLC, and
>> it had the same issue as the music.� I also tried Youtube, same issue.� I
>> tried changing VLC's audio output, I tried updating the ALSA drivers, and I
>> tried using XMMS, all had the same issue with the "skipping" audio.
>> Here are the contents of my user.log file:
>> Apr� 5 20:45:49 ubuntu pulseaudio[2083]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
>> Apr� 5 20:45:54 ubuntu pulseaudio[2022]: ratelimit.c: 20 events suppressed
>> Apr� 5 20:46:52 ubuntu python: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id
>> ret=-1
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda1
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: mounted as ntfs-3g filesystem
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 10freedos: debug: /dev/sda1 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 10qnx: debug: /dev/sda1 is not a QNX4 partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sda1 is not an HFS+
>> partition: exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 20microsoft: debug: /dev/sda1 is a NTFS partition
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 20microsoft: result: /dev/sda1:Windows 7
>> (loader):Windows:chain
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: os found by subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: os detected by
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 10freedos: debug: /dev/sda2 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 10qnx: debug: /dev/sda2 is not a QNX4 partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sda2 is not an HFS+
>> partition: exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 20microsoft: debug: /dev/sda2 is a FUSE partition
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/30utility on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu 30utility: debug: /dev/sda2 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/70hurd on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/80minix on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90solaris on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 20:59:44 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sdb1
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: mounted as ntfs-3g filesystem
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 10freedos: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 10qnx: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not a QNX4 partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not an HFS+
>> partition: exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 20microsoft: debug: /dev/sdb1 is a NTFS partition
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/30utility
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 30utility: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/70hurd
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/80minix
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro
>> Apr� 5 20:59:45 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90solaris
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda1
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: mounted as ntfs-3g filesystem
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 10freedos: debug: /dev/sda1 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 10qnx: debug: /dev/sda1 is not a QNX4 partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sda1 is not an HFS+
>> partition: exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 20microsoft: debug: /dev/sda1 is a NTFS partition
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 20microsoft: result: /dev/sda1:Windows 7
>> (loader):Windows:chain
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: os found by subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: os detected by
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 10freedos: debug: /dev/sda2 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 10qnx: debug: /dev/sda2 is not a QNX4 partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sda2 is not an HFS+
>> partition: exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 20microsoft: debug: /dev/sda2 is a FUSE partition
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/30utility on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu 30utility: debug: /dev/sda2 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/70hurd on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/80minix on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90solaris on mounted /dev/sda2
>> Apr� 5 21:00:00 ubuntu os-prober: debug: running
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sdb1
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: mounted as ntfs-3g filesystem
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10freedos
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 10freedos: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10qnx
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 10qnx: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not a QNX4 partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not an HFS+
>> partition: exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 20microsoft: debug: /dev/sdb1 is a NTFS partition
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/30utility
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 30utility: debug: /dev/sdb1 is not a FAT partition:
>> exiting
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/70hurd
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/80minix
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro
>> Apr� 5 21:00:01 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: running subtest
>> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90solaris
>> Apr� 5 21:06:09 ubuntu pulseaudio[1718]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
>> Apr� 5 21:06:14 ubuntu pulseaudio[1659]: ratelimit.c: 14 events suppressed
>> Apr� 5 21:40:32 ubuntu pulseaudio[1659]: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to
>> write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
>> Apr� 5 21:40:32 ubuntu pulseaudio[1659]: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a
>> bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA
>> developers.
>> Apr� 5 21:40:32 ubuntu pulseaudio[1659]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with
>> POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another
>> value < min_avail.
>> Apr� 5 21:40:49 ubuntu pulseaudio[1659]: ratelimit.c: 13 events suppressed
>> Apr� 5 21:49:25 ubuntu pulseaudio[1674]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
>> Apr� 5 22:01:30 ubuntu pulseaudio[1615]: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to
>> write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
>> Apr� 5 22:01:30 ubuntu pulseaudio[1615]: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a
>> bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA
>> developers.
>> Apr� 5 22:01:30 ubuntu pulseaudio[1615]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with
>> POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another
>> value < min_avail.
>> Apr� 7 20:15:08 ubuntu pulseaudio[1750]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
>> Apr� 7 20:15:08 ubuntu pulseaudio[1751]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
>>
>> Thanks again for your help,
>> Nick
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Nathan Wilson <njwilso3@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What you have right now sounds to me like a buffer overrun issue. For
>>> starters, I would start up a terminal
>>> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal in default GNOME desktop) and
>>> enter the command <lspci -v | less>. Use the cursor keys (or j, k, f,
>>> b) to scroll. You'll get more precise identifying information about
>>> your built-in PC98 audio or your SoundBlaster as well as the kernel
>>> driver title and module. You can use (and post) this to start
>>> diagnosing the problem and find out if you need to do any
>>> configuration file tweaking or the like.
>>>
>>> Have you checked your system log (System->Administration->Log File
>>> Viewer->user.log)? I bet you will see reports from alsa-util and maybe
>>> ratelimit via pulseaudio. This information could be of use.
>>>
>>> You could try changing your audio output, as well. In VLC, go to
>>> Audio->Output Module and try different sound systems. (Pulseaudio is
>>> Ubuntu's default.) If you find one that's not giving you problems, you
>>> can set GStreamer to default to it following the instructions in
>>>
>>> http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/how-to-switch-to-alsa-or-oss-instead-of.html.
>>>
>>> Finally, one thing that has helped me in the past is upgrading ALSA
>>> (the usual back-end system for the Pulseaudio layer). The latest is
>>> 1.0.24, and you can upgrade past the version you have from Canonical
>>> using a PPA:
>>> https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/unstable?field.series_filter=maverick.
>>> (The instructions are there on the page if you need them. Run Update
>>> Manager afterwards to get the new packages.) If this causes issues,
>>> you can remove the PPA from your software sources list and reinstall
>>> the packages. (I remember back when a big shell script was written to
>>> do all this....)
>>>
>>> I really hope this helps. Sound issues damage the desktop Linux
>>> experience!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Nicholas Almond <njalmond@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>>> > I have a custom built pc with a Gigabyte MB (I'm not sure of the model #
>>> > offhand) and an AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core Processor, I am currently
>>> > running
>>> > Windows 7 with no issues, other than the fact that it is windows...
>>> > I want to run Ubuntu Linux on it, but any time that I have had Ubuntu on
>>> > it,
>>> > the audio doesn't work right.� I have not tried a clean install, but I
>>> > have
>>> > used the wubi, but that should act the same way as a clean install
>>> > right?
>>> > Specifically, when I play audio files, using the on-board sound card (I
>>> > also
>>> > tried a SoundBlaster Audigy, same issue) and several different music
>>> > players
>>> > (VLC, Banshee, Movie Player, Rhythmbox), the sound is choppy, almost
>>> > like an
>>> > old cd player that would skip if something bumped it.� The skips are
>>> > inconsistent and can start anywhere from the beginning of the song to
>>> > one
>>> > minute into it.� I have tried mp3s, AACs, and oggs, all have the same
>>> > issue.� However, I did not have this issue playing a video file (.m2ts
>>> > in
>>> > this case) in VLC.
>>> > Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to how to solve or identify
>>> > the
>>> > source of this problem?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Nick
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nathan Wilson
>>> Computer Engineering, NC State University
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nathan Wilson
> Computer Engineering, NC State University
>

--
Nathan Wilson
Computer Engineering, NC State University

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