Pulseaudio, tsched, and KMix

This is a pretty simple problem, but I don't know how to fix it.
When I have PA set to tsched=0 in /etc/default/default.pa, KMix and all of my other programs work fine, except FTL on Linux Steam and anything in Wine. They have crackling audio issues.
When I have tsched=0 commented out, the crackling audio is fixed, and KMix can still recognize Pulseaudio and show all its volume sliders as it usually does, but changing my volume through it does absolutely nothing. It's basically a disconnected volume slider. This isn't just when FTL or Wine are running. This happens as long as I have tsched=0 commented out, no matter what.

Shingetsu wrote:
lucke wrote:You could try wine-multimedia.
*facepalm*
so I missed that, huh?
Though it winds up not being 1.6-rc1 unfortunately, at this time.
Thanks anyway, I'll make sure to compile it and check it out a bit later!
Follow up on this.
Using wine-multimedia-git I got the latest version (which I wanted, 1.6 seemed a lot smoother than lastest 1.5.x).
It runs perfectly.
As a note, on my sound card, I got amazing quality @
44100 KHz
speex-float-3
realtime = yes
segments = 2
segment size = 25
(I'll bump up the actual frequency later)

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Shingetsu wrote:
lucke wrote:You could try wine-multimedia.
*facepalm*
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Otamay wrote:
I've had the same problem for almost one year. The problem is that kmix starts before pulseaudio does, so kmix only have access to primary volume control.
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Since January 2013 I got big problems with the sound of my tvcard. The card is a Sundtek Media TV Pro. But after all the problems have nothing to to with the card itself!
So far I found out, that the problem is with Pulseaudio.
- Sound works under Windows on same PC.
- Sound don't work under Arch - not with tvtime, not with vlc, etc.
- Problem occurs even on a new installed system with the Arch-2013-02-01 install medium.
cat /etc/mediasrv.log
[1033] Pulseaudio connect reported an error (6 - Connection refused)
[1033] select error() in audio processor (can be caused because of pulseaudio) (Interrupted system call)
After setting up a new Arch installation with just xorg-server, gnome, tvtime and the sundtek driver from AUR I run journalctl -b:
Feb 10 16:25:15 hightower pulseaudio[636]: [pulseaudio] pid.c:
Daemon already running.
With sudo journalctl | grep 'Feb 10 16:2' I get the following output:
Feb 10 16:25:01 hightower rtkit-daemon[489]: Successfully made thread 488 of process 488 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '120' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 16:25:14 hightower rtkit-daemon[489]: Successfully made thread 606 of process 606 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 16:25:15 hightower rtkit-daemon[489]: Successfully made thread 636 of process 636 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 16:25:15 hightower pulseaudio[636]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-jackdbus-detect" (argument:""): initialization failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Die Adresse wird bereits verwendet
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Konnte Daemon nicht initialisieren.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[997]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Start des Daemons fehlgeschlagen.
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sudo journalctl | grep 'Feb 10 17:4' | grep 'pulse*'
Feb 10 17:41:42 hightower rtkit-daemon[485]: Successfully made thread 484 of process 484 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '120' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 17:41:55 hightower rtkit-daemon[485]: Successfully made thread 625 of process 625 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
In my opinion all looks ok! I also checked the channels with the alsamixer and it looks good, too.
So I ran vlc v4l2://:dev=/dev/video0:width=720:height=576:tuner-frequency=510750:adev=/dev/null:standard=255 - but still no sound.
With cat /var/log/mediasrv.log I checked the drivers logfile:
2013-02-10 17:48:55 [343] SETTING DVB-C
2013-02-10 17:48:55 [343] switching to analog TV
2013-02-10 17:48:56 [343] SETTING PAL/SECAM
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] invalid audio input selected: 2
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] Setting frequency: 510750000
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] Using settings for Europe
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] Set Pixelformat: 0 YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)
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2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] initializing audio in audio processor
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] loaded local pulseaudio driver
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] select error() in audio processor (can be caused because of pulseaudio) (Interrupted system call)
2013-02-10 17:48:59 [1033] Pulseaudio connect reported an error (6 - Connection refused)
2013-02-10 17:48:59 [1033] select error() in audio processor (can be caused because of pulseaudio) (Interrupted system call)
2013-02-10 17:48:59 [1033] Pulseaudio connect reported an error (6 - Connection refused)
I started tvtime again. This time I ran rm -rf ~/.config/pulse/ and killall pulseaudio to kill the Pulseaudio server. I instantly got a loud noise out of my speakers.
I closed tvtime and re-opened it. And there it was: TV SOUND OUT OF MY SPEAKERS!
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Connection to PulseAudio failed. Automatic retry in 5s.
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This situation can also arrise when PulseAudio crashed and left stale details in the X11 Root Windows.
If this is the case, then PuseAudio should autospawn again, or if this is not configured you sould run start-pulseaudio-x11 manually.
I got the information from Sundtek, that Pulseaudio should not be started as system service. Instead, every user should have an own Pulseaudio daemon and that PA was concepted this way. But they don't know how it is implemented in ArchLinux.
I also don't know it exactly. So the question to all you ArchLinu pro's:
How is PA implemented in Arch? And how can I sustainable solve my problem?
Thank you for your time and help!
Durag

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rebel 727 0.7 0.2 444316 10288 ? S<l 03:02 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
rebel 731 0.0 0.0 71236 2652 ? S 03:02 0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
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rebel 4016 4.2 0.2 510124 11528 ? Sl 03:06 0:02 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
rebel 4020 0.0 0.0 71368 2700 ? S 03:06 0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
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#6 0x00007f605cb98460 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#7 0x00007f605cf84925 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#8 0x00007f605cf82d56 in __cxxabiv1::__terminate(void (*)()) () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#9 0x00007f605cf82d83 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#10 0x00007f605cf82e7e in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#11 0x00007f605e0d0c12 in qBadAlloc() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#12 0x00007f605e0dc775 in qUncompress(unsigned char const*, int) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#13 0x00007f605e7824f1 in KPixmapCache::Private::loadData(int, QPixmap&) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#14 0x00007f605e7838eb in KPixmapCache::find(QString const&, QPixmap&) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#15 0x00007f605e6d434a in KIconCache::find(QString const&, QPixmap&, QString*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#16 0x00007f605e6c74b3 in KIconLoader::loadIcon(QString const&, KIconLoader::Group, int, int, QStringList const&, QString*, bool) const () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#17 0x00007f605e6c0b3d in KIconEngine::pixmap(QSize const&, QIcon::Mode, QIcon::State) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#18 0x00007f605d426775 in QIcon::pixmap(QSize const&, QIcon::Mode, QIcon::State) const () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#19 0x00007f605d4136a4 in QWidgetPrivate::setWindowIcon_sys(bool) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#20 0x00007f605d3cda28 in QWidget::create(unsigned long, bool, bool) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#21 0x00007f605d404dc7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#22 0x00007f605d4057e0 in QClipboard::QClipboard(QObject*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#23 0x00007f605d3766a7 in QApplication::clipboard() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#24 0x00007f605e705fce in KClipboardSynchronizer::Private::setupSignals() () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#25 0x00007f605e706572 in KClipboardSynchronizer::KClipboardSynchronizer(QObject*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#26 0x00007f605e706624 in KClipboardSynchronizer::self() () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#27 0x00007f605e701381 in KApplicationPrivate::init(bool) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#28 0x00007f605e7021ec in KApplication::KApplication(bool, KComponentData const&) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#29 0x00007f605e708553 in KUniqueApplication::KUniqueApplication(bool, bool) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#30 0x00007f6051c524b0 in KMixApp::KMixApp() () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kmix.so
#31 0x00007f6051c2b74d in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kmix.so
#32 0x0000000000406b7e in _start ()
How can I fix it?
Last edited by Staerseus (2010-02-14 12:19:01)

SOLVED! Update to the newest version of KDE 4.4 helped me!

[SOLVED] X-Autostart, Auto-log-in and DBus : a non-pulseaudio issue

Hello,
besides the not-so-clear title, I've been investigating for what first looked like a pulseaudio problem for a while, and I'm now sharing what I found with you :
Pre-existing conditions
An Arch system with systemd, auto-loggin on a TTY and auto-start of X
Symptoms
Pulseaudio wouldn't start anymore at boot, but everything worked fine if it was started a while after, provided one would have sudo killall -9 pulseaudio before, and there was no major upgrade that could be related to this change.
Journalctl showed dbus related messages, saying that pulse wasn't able to find it, and a general failure in main.c start.
Solution
Actually, a part of the boot process was the following :
|-----> lots of things, and at a point dbus
Init --> |
|-----> auto-logging service (getty stuff) -----> .xinitrc ------> pulseaudio
and there was no guarantee that dbus was already started when pulse audio was.
To add this guarantee, edit your autologging service and add the following
[Unit]
... your stuff ...
#lines to add :
Requires=dbus.Service #I'm not sure this one is needed, if anyone here can confirm it
After=dbus.Service
..rest of the file..
reboot, and enjoy
Last edited by NougatRillettes (2012-12-30 16:05:02)

I know this is an older post, but I'm hoping by bumping it someone will be able to help me with this issue even though the thread is marked as [SOLVED], so that I won't have to create a new post.
I'm trying to set up a host to autologin a user, then automatically startx to enter a desktop environment. I am using these guides:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/au … al_console
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_Login
I haven't yet set up the startx at login, but I've done that before, so I don't expect any issues or problems.
I successfully set up autologin using the first link and everything seemed fine. However, on the startx at login wiki, it states:
Tips
This method can be combined with automatic login to virtual console. When doing this you have to set correct dependencies for the autologin systemd service to ensure that dbus is started before ~/.xinitrc is read and hence pulseaudio started (see: BBS#155416)
I don't have pulseaudio issues to worry about, but I do have an exec line to start lxde. So, I followed that link to this thread and created the lines NougatRillettes suggested. Here's the complete file:
/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf
[Unit]
Requires=dbus.Service
After=dbus.Service
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin <username> --noclear %I 38400 linux
Then, when I reboot the kernel spits this out:
Nov 06 14:39:23 [Host] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <[Host]>.
Nov 06 14:39:23 [Host] systemd[1]: [/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf:2] Failed to add dependency on dbus.Service, ignoring: Invalid argument
Nov 06 14:39:23 [Host] systemd[1]: [/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf:3] Failed to add dependency on dbus.Service, ignoring: Invalid argument
Nov 06 14:39:23 [Host] systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
I rechecked the wikis and noticed:
Tips & Tricks
Avoiding unnecessary dmesg errors
To avoid errors related to display-manager.service in dmesg, you should set the default target to multi-user instead of graphical:
# systemctl enable multi-user.target
So I went ahead and enabled multi-user.target and rebooted, thinking that would solve the problem, but it didn't...the error messages were the same.
I'm hoping someone can help...and maybe update those two wikis if there's any information missing. I'm also wondering if I should reverse the last step I described by disabling multi-user.target.

Sound cracking and other (Pulseaudio) problems

I have pulseaudio installed and sound is all crackling in some aplications. In ekiga when I try echo test when instructions are read sound is good but when it starts actual test it becomes unbarable. I cannot recall if these problems were present before pulseaudio installation.
In open arena the sound is cracking from the start but its still berable. In Windows there arent any problems with this. I have created openaltc as stated in Pulse howto and there is no changes with either options (esd or alsa)
Sounds in movies (gnome-mplayer) and firefox (flash) are great.
BTW I cannot test mic in gnome sound recorder cause of the two errors: Could not negotiate format and than Could not get/set settings from/on resourse
Last edited by christooss (2008-12-02 13:37:46)

LTSmash wrote:
christooss wrote:
I have pulseaudio installed and sound is all crackling in some aplications. In ekiga when I try echo test when instructions are read sound is good but when it starts actual test it becomes unbarable. I cannot recall if these problems were present before pulseaudio installation.
In open arena the sound is cracking from the start but its still berable. In Windows there arent any problems with this. I have created openaltc as stated in Pulse howto and there is no changes with either options (esd or alsa)
Sounds in movies (gnome-mplayer) and firefox (flash) are great.
BTW I cannot test mic in gnome sound recorder cause of the two errors: Could not negotiate format and than Could not get/set settings from/on resourse
Why don't you try to install OSSv4? It has WAY better sound than ALSA, and uses lot less CPU:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OSS
Ekiga doesn't work with OSSv4.

[SOLVED] Choppy/Noisey audio on fresh install w/ PulseAudio

As the title states, I've got a fresh install, with audio being weird in certain applications. Most notably anything in wine (currently running Wine-multimedia from the aur) and VirtualBox VM's.
More interestingly, journalctl is being spammed with this message approximately 6 times per second, as I understand this process is somehow associate to Pulse:
Sep 01 21:26:03 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Things I've done so far:
-Kernel parameter change (posted as a suggested workaround):
processor.max_cstate=2
-ArchWiki steps for determining proper fragment size and count
-Disabled time-based scheduler for PulseAudio (tsched=0)
-Multiple different resampling methods
Any other ideas/suggestions to try? I'm thinking the Burst Limit and respawning is my big indicator here, but I don't know what to do to track this down.
The relevant information:
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev 13)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 13)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 13)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 13)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 13)
00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers (rev 13)
00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers (rev 13)
00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers (rev 13)
00:14.3 PIC: Intel Corporation 7500/5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Throttle Registers (rev 13)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2
01:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 91a3 (rev 11)
02:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 670] (rev a1)
03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF106 [GeForce GTS 450] (rev a1)
04:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
07:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Mirror Port Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Mirror Port Link 1 (rev 02)
ff:02.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Link 1 (rev 02)
ff:02.5 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Physical 1 (rev 02)
ff:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 02)
ff:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:03.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 02)
ff:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 02)
ff:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control (rev 02)
ff:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address (rev 02)
ff:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank (rev 02)
ff:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control (rev 02)
ff:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control (rev 02)
ff:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address (rev 02)
ff:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank (rev 02)
ff:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control (rev 02)
ff:06.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Control (rev 02)
ff:06.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Address (rev 02)
ff:06.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Rank (rev 02)
ff:06.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Thermal Control (rev 02)
lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 006: ID 0853:0111 Topre Corporation
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 010 Device 002: ID 1e7d:2dbe ROCCAT
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 009 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0bda:0184 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5182 Card Reader
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 17a0:0002 Samson Technologies Corp. Q1U dynamic microphone
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:3431
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2109:0810
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
/etc/pulse/default.pa
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
# USA.
## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out. Use either ; or # for
## commenting.
; daemonize = no
; fail = yes
; allow-module-loading = yes
; allow-exit = yes
; use-pid-file = yes
; system-instance = no
; local-server-type = user
; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
; lock-memory = no
; cpu-limit = no
; high-priority = yes
nice-level = -15
; realtime-scheduling = yes
; realtime-priority = 5
exit-idle-time=0
; exit-idle-time = 20
; scache-idle-time = 20
; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)
; load-default-script-file = yes
; default-script-file = /etc/pulse/default.pa
; log-target = auto
; log-level = notice
; log-meta = no
; log-time = no
; log-backtrace = 0
resample-method = speex-float-10
; enable-remixing = yes
; enable-lfe-remixing = yes
; flat-volumes = yes
; rlimit-fsize = -1
; rlimit-data = -1
; rlimit-stack = -1
; rlimit-core = -1
; rlimit-as = -1
; rlimit-rss = -1
; rlimit-nproc = -1
; rlimit-nofile = 256
; rlimit-memlock = -1
; rlimit-locks = -1
; rlimit-sigpending = -1
; rlimit-msgqueue = -1
; rlimit-nice = 31
; rlimit-rtprio = 9
; rlimit-rttime = 1000000
; default-sample-format = s16le
; default-sample-rate = 44100
alternate-sample-rate = 96000
; default-sample-channels = 2
; default-channel-map = front-left,front-right
default-fragments = 2
default-fragment-size-msec = 176
; enable-deferred-volume = yes
; deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 8000
; deferred-volume-extra-delay-usec = 0
/etc/pulse/daemon.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
# USA.
## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out. Use either ; or # for
## commenting.
; daemonize = no
; fail = yes
; allow-module-loading = yes
; allow-exit = yes
; use-pid-file = yes
; system-instance = no
; local-server-type = user
; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
; lock-memory = no
; cpu-limit = no
; high-priority = yes
nice-level = -15
; realtime-scheduling = yes
; realtime-priority = 5
exit-idle-time=0
; exit-idle-time = 20
; scache-idle-time = 20
; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)
; load-default-script-file = yes
; default-script-file = /etc/pulse/default.pa
; log-target = auto
; log-level = notice
; log-meta = no
; log-time = no
; log-backtrace = 0
resample-method = speex-float-10
; enable-remixing = yes
; enable-lfe-remixing = yes
; flat-volumes = yes
; rlimit-fsize = -1
; rlimit-data = -1
; rlimit-stack = -1
; rlimit-core = -1
; rlimit-as = -1
; rlimit-rss = -1
; rlimit-nproc = -1
; rlimit-nofile = 256
; rlimit-memlock = -1
; rlimit-locks = -1
; rlimit-sigpending = -1
; rlimit-msgqueue = -1
; rlimit-nice = 31
; rlimit-rtprio = 9
; rlimit-rttime = 1000000
; default-sample-format = s16le
; default-sample-rate = 44100
alternate-sample-rate = 96000
; default-sample-channels = 2
; default-channel-map = front-left,front-right
default-fragments = 2
default-fragment-size-msec = 176
; enable-deferred-volume = yes
; deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 8000
; deferred-volume-extra-delay-usec = 0
dmesg | grep hda
dmesg | grep hda
[ 4.860150] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 78 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 4.860188] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client
[ 4.860217] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: irq 79 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 4.860246] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client
[ 4.860274] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: irq 80 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 5.031793] sound hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig: line_outs=4 (0x14/0x15/0x16/0x17/0x0) type:line
[ 5.031796] sound hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 5.031797] sound hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 5.031798] sound hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 5.031799] sound hdaudioC0D0: dig-out=0x11/0x1e
[ 5.031800] sound hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 5.031802] sound hdaudioC0D0: Front Mic=0x19
[ 5.031803] sound hdaudioC0D0: Rear Mic=0x18
[ 5.031804] sound hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x1a
[ 13.995429] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.078727] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 14.156078] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.244513] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 14.323028] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.410302] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 14.488688] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.554972] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 14.634007] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.702878] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 14.711805] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.779658] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 14.857007] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 14.925334] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 15.002750] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 15.072117] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 15.149328] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 15.217777] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 15.295568] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 15.366729] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #2. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 15.558246] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 590.856485] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 590.944567] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 591.022457] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 591.100307] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 591.178181] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 591.255921] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 591.333978] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 591.411790] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 592.480173] sound hdaudioC1D0: hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:7:707:ffffffbf
[ 592.488048] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 592.565816] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 592.653695] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 592.730549] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 592.810420] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 592.887341] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 592.967190] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 593.044065] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 593.123912] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 593.201935] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 606.308377] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 606.396792] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 606.474724] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 607.492101] sound hdaudioC1D0: hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:5:707:ffffffff
[ 607.549843] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 607.627692] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 607.705604] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 607.783452] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 607.861281] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 607.940211] snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 608.016813] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 608.103904] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 608.180714] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 608.260564] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 608.337481] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 608.417331] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 608.494165] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 608.574057] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
[ 608.651660] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
[ 769.987913] sound hdaudioC1D0: hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:4:707:ffffffbf
Interesting journalctl tidbits
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
Sep 01 21:07:13 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 384
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Too big adjustment 128
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #2. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc pulseaudio[1317]: ALSA woke us up to read new data from the device, but there was actually nothing to read!
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc pulseaudio[1317]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_usb_audio'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc pulseaudio[1317]: We were woken up with POLLIN set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc pulseaudio[1317]: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc pulseaudio[1317]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc pulseaudio[1317]: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Sep 01 21:07:14 xaeropc kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
Sep 01 21:17:09 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Successfully made thread 3191 of process 3191 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -15.
Sep 01 21:17:09 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Supervising 2 threads of 2 processes of 1 users.
Sep 01 21:17:09 xaeropc pulseaudio[3191]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Sep 01 21:19:11 xaeropc sudo[3202]: xaero : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/xaero ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
Sep 01 21:19:11 xaeropc sudo[3202]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by xaero(uid=0)
Sep 01 21:19:30 xaeropc sudo[3202]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Sep 01 21:19:49 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Successfully made thread 3210 of process 3210 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -15.
Sep 01 21:19:49 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Supervising 1 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
Sep 01 21:19:50 xaeropc kernel: sound hdaudioC1D0: hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:4:707:ffffffbf
Sep 01 21:19:53 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Successfully made thread 3221 of process 3221 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -15.
Sep 01 21:19:53 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Supervising 2 threads of 2 processes of 1 users.
Sep 01 21:19:53 xaeropc pulseaudio[3221]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Sep 01 21:19:53 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Successfully made thread 3223 of process 3223 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -15.
Sep 01 21:19:53 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Supervising 2 threads of 2 processes of 1 users.
Sep 01 21:19:53 xaeropc pulseaudio[3223]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Sep 01 21:23:10 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:10 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:12 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:13 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:13 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:13 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:13 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:13 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
Sep 01 21:23:13 xaeropc rtkit-daemon[1328]: Warning: Reached burst limit for user '1000', denying request.
... for about 2 minutes, then everything recycles.
Last edited by Xaero252 (2014-09-03 10:04:54)

Filter the comments out of your PA configuration with 'grep -v \# configuration_file'. Instead of simply lspci run
lspci -vnn | grep -A1 -i audio;
#and
aplay -lL;
Please correct/update your post.
Also provide the output of speaker-test with PA killed, so that you hear sound. It should show the current buffer and period ranges. Should you have multiple sound cards, state which one you are using as default.
Edit: Added example to filter comments out.
Last edited by emeres (2014-09-02 10:01:10)

PULSEAUDIO Crackling / Distortion

This distortion is like a crackly echoey distortion. It actually has an echo component to it, When I change the output and it goes normal for a few seonds and tehre is a song playing, then it kicks in, the sound quality goes way down, it has this crackling sound, and very noticeable echo comes on the voices and the drums (which you can barely make out over the crackling). Output is perfect if forced to use ALSA directly, or if I boot into windows Seven. This is all pulse audio (probably), the piece of crap.
When I go "pulseaudio --kill" and then "mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.0 <file>" it plays perfectly without distortion. When I go alsamixer -c0 none of the sliders have any gain, they are all at 0db or -1db or so.
To stop the distortion, chanigng from 44100 to 48000 and so on in the /etc/pulse/ whatever file doesnt work. What does work is opening pavucontrol and changing the internal audio on the configuration page. I hav a Barts thing that is turned off and an Internal Audio that can be set to a huge list of things like Analog Surround 5.0 Out, Analog Stereo Duplex, Analog Surround 7.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input, so on and so forth.
Now changing from one to another will randomly make the distortion go away for 30 seconds, until I open a new program, close pavucontrol, or just wait a while, then it will come back on, and I'll have to change it to another, which won't work at first usually but randomly will. There is NO CORRELATION between what is actually chosen and what does and doesnt have distortion straight away.
Basically PulseAudio is $#!+ all the sudden, and I don't know why. I have a fully updated system, hardware is as follows:
$ lspci | grep udio
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Barts HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
Also plays it fine as testing with mplayer, so this is a pulseaudio thing (i think). WTH????
[EDIT] And here is the lsmod:
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
uas 8170 0
usb_storage 43628 1
ipv6 280362 48
md5 4127 2
hmac 2937 1
nls_utf8 1320 5
cifs 265094 6
fscache 39883 1 cifs
it87 28123 0
hwmon_vid 2796 1 it87
usbhid 36375 0
hid 78087 1 usbhid
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 22857 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 295717 1
snd_seq_dummy 1479 0
snd_seq_oss 29240 0
fglrx 2679751 87
snd_seq_midi_event 5516 1 snd_seq_oss
vboxdrv 1760035 0
snd_seq 50562 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_hda_intel 21837 6
snd_hda_codec 74609 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_device 5281 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
r8169 36414 0
ohci_hcd 21338 0
ppdev 5854 0
firewire_ohci 26921 0
snd_hwdep 6222 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 39509 0
parport_pc 31800 1
snd_mixer_oss 17730 1 snd_pcm_oss
lp 8992 0
firewire_core 50038 1 firewire_ohci
snd_pcm 72321 6 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
mii 3842 1 r8169
evdev 9361 12
fuse 65179 5
xhci_hcd 65218 0
parport 30087 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
edac_core 35034 0
i2c_piix4 8176 0
ehci_hcd 38878 0
crc_itu_t 1313 1 firewire_core
snd_timer 19537 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
button 4882 1 fglrx
i2c_core 19217 1 i2c_piix4
processor 25265 0
wmi 8061 0
pcspkr 1835 0
sg 25972 0
k10temp 2771 0
serio_raw 4566 0
usbcore 139496 7 uas,usb_storage,usbhid,ohci_hcd,xhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
edac_mce_amd 9223 0
shpchp 26725 0
snd 58906 22 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6161 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7361 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug 24687 1 shpchp
ext4 334690 1
mbcache 5802 1 ext4
jbd2 69898 1 ext4
crc16 1313 1 ext4
sd_mod 27120 4
ahci 20465 1
pata_jmicron 2464 0
libahci 17952 1 ahci
pata_acpi 3296 0
libata 169396 4 ahci,pata_jmicron,libahci,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 125814 5 uas,usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata
Also my last message on dmesg is:
hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
But there is only one of these lines in the output and the distortion kicks in several times. This was right after the line:
chromium-sandbo (2511): /proc/2509/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/2509/oom_score_adj instead.
So it happened after I opened my web browser (I only just booted this pc up I had it turned off over the night). This is a recurring problem over the past couple of days, BTW. It was probably the last update because when I done it I didn't reboot for awhile.
Last edited by me4tw (2011-04-03 05:03:26)

hi - i had the same problem, but only with vlc - but I love vlc *sad*.
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7599
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at f9ff4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
lsmod | grep -i snd:
snd_seq_dummy 1455 0
snd_seq_oss 28052 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5332 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48705 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 5100 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 37890 0
snd_mixer_oss 14851 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec_realtek 294053 1
snd_hda_intel 21738 2
snd_hda_codec 73739 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6134 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 71032 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 18992 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 55132 15 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 5986 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7017 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
uname -r : 2.6.38-ARCH
the hint with pulse an tsched=0 does help too :-)
@heftig: danke ;-)
Last edited by debijan (2011-04-18 18:03:43)

[solved] Pulseaudio doesn't detect sound card after system update

Before a recent system update I had pulseaudio working flawlessly, but after doing a recent system update with pacman -Syu,
pulseaudio no longer sees my sound card and only displays the Dummy audio device. Among the packages updated that I can
remember off the top of my head are the Linux keneral, udev, kmod, instead of trying to roll back my system I figured I would try
to fix the issue. The only thing suggested in the Pulseaudio wiki is that a asound.conf directory is overriding the /etc/asound.conf
file which is not the case on my system.
Looking at the output from lsmod I can see where the kernel modules for the sound card is getting loaded
snd_hda_intel 23375 0
snd_hda_codec 89160 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_hwdep 6389 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 74780 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_page_alloc 7153 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 19544 1 snd_pcm
and looking at the output from the ps command I can see that pulseaudio is getting started
1190 ? S<l 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start
1195 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
but pacmd list still reports this
0 card(s) available.
0 sink input(s) available.
0 source outputs(s) available.
0 cache entrie(s) available.
Here is the output of pacmd dump if it helps
### Configuration dump generated at Thu Feb 16 08:45:56 2012
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore
load-module module-augment-properties
load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0
load-module module-jackdbus-detect
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
load-module module-gconf
load-module module-default-device-restore
load-module module-rescue-streams
load-module module-null-sink sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'
load-module module-always-sink
load-module module-intended-roles
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
load-module module-console-kit
load-module module-position-event-sounds
load-module module-cork-music-on-phone
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply
load-module module-dbus-protocol
load-module module-x11-publish display=:0.0
load-module module-cli-protocol-unix
set-sink-volume auto_null 0x10000
set-sink-mute auto_null no
suspend-sink auto_null yes
set-source-volume auto_null.monitor 0x10000
set-source-mute auto_null.monitor no
suspend-source auto_null.monitor yes
set-default-sink auto_null
set-default-source auto_null.monitor
### EOF
EDIT: I should also add that fuser -v /dev/snd/* returns nothing and fuser -v /dev/dsp returns "Specified filename /dev/dsp does not exist".
Last edited by vendion (2012-03-02 23:26:28)

Digging into this further aplay -L gives different output based off of whether or not I ran is as my normal user or with sudo/as root.
As a user (which is how pulseaudio is also being ran):
> aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
as root it does see both my sound cards when I run it with sudo or as root:
> sudo aplay -L
Password:
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
sysdefault:CARD=SB
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
This behavior is confusing to me, and if someone knows what is going on and how to fix it I really want to get sound with pulseaudio working and have sound again.

Pulseaudio, tsched, and KMix

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