Fix Popping Sound From Speakers, Ubuntu 9.10

[terrol1212]

How to do on windows laptop? c:

[mabizeid]

hey thanks man, this fix did the trick on my eeepc 900. i just installed Lubuntu 11.04 and i got audio popping after installing skype. the last line wasnt on the document, but i added it with the # and it worked! but then it came back after i started skype again, but went away when i shut it down. so whatever its all good

[capricious71]

I do like Ubuntu a lot. 10.10 was just right for me. Then with 11 they bring out this rubbish Unity interface and plenty of bugs. Apart from the popping sound, it also logs out randomly.

Does anyone like the Unity interface?

[4242music]

@capricious71 i do

[capricious71]

Thanks for the video. Unfortunately, that line is not in 11.04's version of the file.

10.10 was working great then I upgraded and it started doing that. Don't suppose you know the solution in 11.04 do you? :)

[UnknownDiety]

@capricious71

I'm in the same situation. (Meaning how the line isn't in 11.04 :[ )

[tunglour]

@capricious71 Same here...

I hate this update. I'd switch to Arch but I'm too lazy.

[xxch0c0b3anxx]

it all went well until the very end....it didnt let me save...said my copy was just read only? or might be read only? :(

[shmalignant]

@xxch0c0b3anxx Try the alternative approach in the description

[xxch0c0b3anxx]

@shmalignant i just did...just says try to save nevertheless, and tells me it cant because it maybe read only or not enough disk space...which i know i have enough diskspace. i dont even have audio, help?

[shmalignant]

@xxch0c0b3anxx After you tried this you lost your sound, or you didn't have audio to begin with? If you had audio and this tutorial messed it up, then just go back and change everything the way it was (see 1:30 of vid). Otherwise, if you never had audio you may want to check out Ubuntu forums to troubleshoot your problem. :0)

[xxch0c0b3anxx]

@shmalignant i didnt have sound to begin with...and i will try checking the forums..im new to linux...so you can imagine how long it took me to figure how to download adobe flashplayer for this. i barely figured out im using karmic koala lol i will check troubleshoot though. thank you

[MrCaPprankcalls]

is that a mac?

[shmalignant]

@MrCaPprankcalls This is a linux based operating system known as Ubuntu

[jjovereats]

@shmalignant I think he's asking: Is that *on* a Mac?

[Heliosept1104]

Thank you soooooo much!! This was sooo annyoing!

[xXJeskoXx]

Hey thanks man can you tell mw what theme that is? please i subd xD

[shmalignant]

@xXJeskoXx Its just the dust theme and I'm using ciaro dock. The Wallpaper is from Ergo Proxy.

[kahnkan]

nice Ergo Proxy background!!!

[simusiccreation]

dv9000 fixed it perfectly! Thanks for the info!

[ptrlow]

Thanks for the video! I have an HP Presario C502US notebook computer and the popping noise just want me to switch back to ubuntu 9.04.

[mixer5911]

awesome video man! i hated that popping noise..

bad ass wallpaper and dock too btw

[amyliuok]

I follow your instruction and it solves my problem. Thank you so much for your great help !!

[ICU2NIT]

Thank you so much, you have solved my problem for me.

My Asus F3 series was having this issue, solved straight after re-boot.

[jeroeniskoning]

Ubuntu !

[skoobdaer]

will this work with Ubuntu 9.04 to fix choppy sound in the Movie Player?

[shmalignant]

If you only have "choppy sound" with movie player and not other applications than probably not. The problem may be with your audio codecs or something else.

[aalberg2k]

Nice! thanks!

[matthewaylard]

Nice one, thanks! Would you be kind enough to let me know how you created such a cool compiz setup as well please? i have the u magnet thing but yours looks really cool!

[MADDDDMAX]

it does also work with kubuntu

[mydisc4]

Thanks for this quick but excellent video. Your effort is appreciated, man. Well done.

Also, can you please post how you recorded this video? I like how you are using Compiz zooming -- that was a nice touch.

[jeroeniskoning]

Windows button + scrolling

[Armen138]

excellent, thanks

[shmalignant]

I used Gtkrecordmydesktop to record it

[teknotrash]

First of all, thanks for the wonderful tutorial on fixing this annoyance!

Second of all, I am in love with your desktop...the icons at the bottom, the desktop effects, and your wallpaper. Haha.

How can I reproduce this on my own computer?

[brandonpeterson19]

Hey Does anyone know how to Install Audio Drivers For Ubuntu 9.10? I have no sound at all. Thanks

[bogdan7alex]

nice wallpaper

[drewloewe]

Thank you. I love Ubuntu, but this was driving me nuts.

[pwnmasta70]

This did not work for me. I have done this already but the sound still persists.

[Digitalplague]

Very nice fix. I installed UKK a while back when it was in beta and noticed that my sound was giving me serious problems and I decided to downgrade back to 9.04. This has fixed that issue for me and I am back to using it. Thank you very much.

[Torgoable]

Really nice job, great for novice users like me to get the job done fast. Fix worked perfectly btw on a dv9000 laptop, and all the quick buttons still function normally.

Question - I've used a redhat cluster for a couple years, but I'm new to ubuntu. I kinda understand the purpose of using sudo, but why won't it simply let me edit the file directly - such as 'vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf ' ? I have rw perm...what gives?

[shmalignant]

@Torgoable As with all operating systems, there's many different ways to achieve a single task. A few people have posted comments here describing their methods. I'm a novice too, so my knowledge is limited. However, I have found that with the linux community nowadays most information you need is just a few searches away. Open source FTW!

[Torgoable]

Thanks! It seems that sudo is indeed required to make any system-administrative changes from the terminal, which is a bit weird to me as I'm the only user of the system, but all the years of using a windows on my personal PCs have made me ignorant of ubuntu's ability to ADAPT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO. It's freaking amazing...

Pardon my shock and awe :) I'll follow your suggestion and look for myself, long live the open source movement! *fanfare*

[IcarusR]

# is not a 'pound' sign. £ is a 'pound' sign !!

Much simpler to type 'sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf­' in terminal.

[shmalignant]

In the United States, the symbol is usually called the pound sign (also called the number sign). Often times different regions that speak the same language will use different terms for different symbols. In the UK, they would never call it the pound sign as £, the symbol for currency is the pound sign.

[IcarusR]

@shmalignant Yep & guess where I come from !!

[shmalignant]

:-)

[Failedattempts1]

i tried this, and it seems to have stopped all sounds or audio from working.

any suggestions?

[shmalignant]

@Failedattempts1 no clue... that line of code is supposed to just deal with a power save feature, not your master volume. Right click your volume control on your panel and open up sound preferences. Make sure nothing's muted.

[mgoracke]

Nice job! Worked great for me!

[HudsonRyde]

i've got a question, I've had the problem somewhat fixed for awhile using the same basic method (instead of commenting out the line I changed the power_save value to 0) but I still get pops whenever I turn the system on. Would commenting out the line fix this?

[shmalignant]

I have no pops with the comment out method. Test it and post your results.

[ImmortalYawn]

Thats not a pound sign , its a hash .

Thanks for the tip though

[Thorr686]

You the man, what program did you use to make the video?

Im definitely going to use the cairo-dock

[shmalignant]

I use gtk-recordMyDesktop, which is pretty much the standard for making screencasts with linux.

[Thorr686]

you the man! thanks for such a fast response. I just started using Linux again yesterday, I was a big fan of 8.10 but had to move back to windows while I was at college but now i have 2 computers, one for linux one for windows.

Definitely going to use this program.

Thanks!

[sunsetloungejc]

THNX! Really simple and easy to fix (it's all about knowing WHERE to look!)

FYI: I am running Xubuntu...the ONLY difference in this process is that users need to type "gksudo thunar" (XFCE filemanager) instead of Nautilus, from either the Terminal or the Run dialog (Alt+F2).

THNX again for the tip!

[zhlim89]

hello , in my case it din't show up the sentence "options snd-hda-intel power_save=10", how ? ( I am a beginner of Linux OS)

[shmalignant]

@zhlim89 to the best of my knowledge, this only works with Intel HDA sound cards. To see what sound card you have, open up a terminal and type lspci (the first leter is an "L").

[zhlim89]

appreciated to the reply.

Ya, i'm pretty sure my HP Pavilion DV4 is using internal Intel HDA soundcard, so what is the next step should i do ? i had much more thing need to learn from u all...^^ tq 1st

[jhnmwttn]

Excellent, any Idea how to do the same on Windows Vista

[s93se]

beautiful demonstration

[ultrarob0]

That was easy. Thanks!

[niraln95]

Thanks.. What effect are you using ? the one when you close you windows? how do I activate it ? Could you make a video on setting you a desktop identical to your settings ? Sparing the wallpaper the is... :)

Thanx!

[Sigma047]

Damn thats sweet!! Now can you tell how you got your desktop to set up...that looks phenom!

[shmalignant]

The only changes I made to my desktop was I deleted the bottom panel, enabled trash icon to show on desktop and stretched it, installed cairo-dock and added some pimp wallpaper. In this demo I'm only using the dust theme.

[noymarts]

hey, im having a problem with my laptop,. i cant connect from the internet using wifi..my wlan is intel wifi link 1000 bgn.. pls help me if someone here knows how to fix it

[SpynalTom]

Worked perfectly. Thanks.

[hyraxaus]

Nice fix. Cheers!

[torandi]

thx

[Emfanever]

which dock are u using?

[shmalignant]

cairo dock... its in the repos

[mimmii33]

grt help. it worked. thanks

[baergaj]

instead of rebooting, you can issue the following command

sudo alsa force-reload

[565Customz]

nice desktop..is that avant at the bottom?

[JayBomb999]

Thanks man. Good video.

[dontprotect]

thanks a ton.