Public bug reported: This is a report for alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu4 on a just-updated Ubuntu Karmic Beta. (Sorry, I don't know the difference between alsa- base and alsa-driver, but alsa-driver doesn't have an apt package...)
Upgrading to Karmic Beta has seriously degraded the quality of the sound coming from my trusty Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card. When the computer is busy, even from something as simple as me clicking a menu, the sound skips and pops. If I use the volume control applet to change the volume, the result is *terrible*: it makes "buzzing" noises where it just repeats whatever sound it was making over and over, and has about a 50% chance of getting stuck in the buzzing noise or going back to normal. (If it buzzes, I can try my luck at making it normal again by moving the volume control again.) Sometimes, when I start an application, the sound will keep playing but get incredibly loud and distorted, as if it is being played through a really bad amp on overdrive. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: CS46xx [Sound Fusion CS46xx], device 0: CS46xx [CS46xx] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: rob 2672 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: rob 2672 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: rob 2672 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'CS46xx'/'Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xf9200000/0xf9100000, irq 18' Mixer name : 'Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 4,Cirrus Logic CS4294 rev 5' Components : 'AC97a:43525914 AC97a:4352592d' Controls : 71 Simple ctrls : 45 Date: Tue Oct 6 22:33:29 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu4 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.39-generic SourcePackage: alsa-driver Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686 UserAsoundrc: # ALSA library configuration file # Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1). # (To disable these settings, comment out this line.) </home/rob/.asoundrc.asoundconf> XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:2694): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (gnome-settings-daemon:2694): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2790): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:2786): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed (gnome-panel:2785): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_colormap_foreign_new: assertion `GDK_IS_VISUAL (visual)' failed ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- cs46xx sound buzzes and skips, especially when changing volume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445097 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs