I believe the "Permission denied" is another issue - somehow created "pulse" dir was owned by the root, and no sound could be played (from some apps at least).
The sound is crackling on LiveCD as much as after installation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256128 Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA Intel, playback] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1256128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs