I also tried adding tsched=0 to default.pa, proposed in Bug #927323, but without success.
Using command proposed in Bug #975135: pasuspender alsactl init makes playback normal again. I guess I'll put this in my 3-second bash script for now... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/796262 Title: Sound on 5.1 system distorted after changing the volume To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/796262/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs