From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 SUSE/1.0.4-1.1 Description of problem: all actions i do (for example click to windows, maximize or minimize them, when browser is loading pages, scroll pages etc.), make a distortion when a player works. i've tried all outputs of xmms. i've tried all suggestions from forums, help ircs... that distortion really bothers me. i also experienced this problem in fc3 and so i've been using suse for a year, problemless. i've used suse 7.1~9.2, redhat 8 and 9, fedora 1-2, knoppix 3.2~3.9. i got this problem just on fc3 and fc4. i had counted days down from fc3 to fc4. that is to say fc4 gives my hopes up, too. maybe it can be solved, but i couldnt. please help me! i dont wanna use any other distro. i would love to use fedora... amd athlon 1ghz 256mb ram 38gb seagate ensoniq es1371 onboard geforce2 mx 400 (asus 7100) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): alsa-lib-1.0.9rc4-2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.make a fresh install fc3 or fc4. 2.alt+tab, click, scroll pages or let a browser load a web page, during a music player works Actual Results: it bothers me. Expected Results: an action must not affect to another action. for example, browsing a site or browsing my files or working with openoffice.org, must not occur distortion during playing a music file. maybe it can make something else that i dont notice. Additional info:
I suppose you have tried to mute all recording channels, you have examined all output channels (like headphone, line out...) and nothing have helped you. You can try to spend more time with exploring all channels in alsamixer or you can try to install old drivers for your card (from FC2, it was alsa-drivers 1.0.2 or 1.0.3a), mybee it'll work better than new ones.
(In reply to comment #1) > I suppose you have tried to mute all recording channels, you have > examined all output channels (like headphone, line out...) and nothing > have helped you. > > You can try to spend more time with exploring all channels in > alsamixer or you can try to install old drivers for your card (from > FC2, it was alsa-drivers 1.0.2 or 1.0.3a), mybee it'll work better > than new ones. it looks like a downgrade. already, i'm not sure it's involved with alsa-lib, alsa-driver, etc. maybe it's about x.org's nv driver??? ok i'll try. i'm using suse now. i must backup my files up and install fedora.
I'm experiencing the same problem with the same sound card. The symptom resembles digital clipping when sound files are played back from within the desktop. It happens with sounds associated with desktop events and also sound when played from within Firefox. CDs play fine. This happens regardless of whether recording channels are active or muted. Downgrading to the versions of alsa-lib and alsa-utils from FC2 solved the problem. The .wav files in /usr/share/sounds play cleanly with the play command, and also when the Play button is pressed from the Sound Events tab in the Sound preferences window. This also happened during FC4 Test 3 when the current alsa-lib and alsa-utils packages were first released. At that time, installing the libsamplerate and libsndfile packages lessened, but did not entirely eliminate, the problem. This time, the installation of these two packages from Extras had no effect. I created a test user, and experienced the same problem from that account, so I don't think it is related to any previously existing GNOME settings.
(In reply to comment #3) > I'm experiencing the same problem with the same sound card. The symptom > resembles digital clipping when sound files are played back from within the > desktop. It happens with sounds associated with desktop events and also sound > when played from within Firefox. CDs play fine. This happens regardless of > whether recording channels are active or muted. > > Downgrading to the versions of alsa-lib and alsa-utils from FC2 solved the problem. > > The .wav files in /usr/share/sounds play cleanly with the play command, and also > when the Play button is pressed from the Sound Events tab in the Sound > preferences window. > > This also happened during FC4 Test 3 when the current alsa-lib and alsa-utils > packages were first released. At that time, installing the libsamplerate and > libsndfile packages lessened, but did not entirely eliminate, the problem. This > time, the installation of these two packages from Extras had no effect. > > I created a test user, and experienced the same problem from that account, so I > don't think it is related to any previously existing GNOME settings. > hi, Herbert. my main language isn't english, and so i dont have a great english, sorry. do you recommend just downgrading alsa-lib and alsa-utils to versions like fc2's, or installing libsamplerate and libsndfile from extras of fc4? and my second question is "have you ever tried alsa-lib and alsa-utils that in the fc4 updates"? i didnt reinstall fc4 again. because i dont wanna to live the same dissapointment. i'm waiting for an exact solve of my problem. hi, Martin. do you think that you would release an update that solve this problem? thanx for you...
Install the following packages from FC2: alsa-lib-1.0.3a-2.i386.rpm alsa-lib-devel-1.0.3a-2.i386.rpm alsa-utils-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm The libsamplerate and libsndfile packages have no effect, so I wouldn't bother installing them. The FC4 updated packages for alsa-lib and alsa-utils don't fix the problem.
Or you try to use old-style card config, it'll bypass dmix and it uses only HW device. Remove all lines from /etc/asound.conf and write there: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 }
i want innovation. all suggestions are DOWNgrade, OLD-style, FC2, FC1.... why did i download FC4 (and FC3 last year). i've a 256kb adsl line. they took my a lot of time. did i download them for downgrading. you don't even aggre my problem as a bug. i read fc5 news on these days. http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20050627#upcoming http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FC5Future fix bugs, before release fc5. i'm downloading suse 9.3 now. i wont install fc4 until release an 'UP'date for my problem.
I have the same problem with the same card, with the extra twist that tvtime/bttv seems to take over my mixer and keeps returning line-in to unmuted. Although tvtimes is configured for PCM it only produces sound on line-in. Regards Bill
hi, i read alsa description of Suse 9.3 updates. description says "fixed noises with dmix plugin and xmms" (in fact, i've never experienced that problem in suse), but really alsa had that problem in previous versions. you can find that text in this url : http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/93_i386.html why doesnt alsa 1.0.9 update of fedora 4, fix that problem?
[additional info] When I saw the amount of info being sent for this bug, I thought I had better include all of mine. So here goes: My main specific problem is that I can't get some apps to use PCM and I believe that that stems from the scratchy sound problem. On 'line-in' my speakers hiss and squawk and the event sounds are terrible but I have no background noise problems when 'line-in' is muted and PCM is open. tvtimes keeps reverting to line-in. Audacity gives error: "There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. ..." Every time I logon, PCM gets muted in my mixer gui. CD's play fine. My tvtimes configuration file /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml is set to <option name="MixerDevice" value="/dev/mixer:pcm"/> Soundcard detection responds with the test sound + a very scratch background. gstreamer-properties gui (Multimedia Systems Selector) test gives me the following: With PCM on and 'line-in ' muted: Output ALSA pipeline alsasink = good clear sound. Input ALSA pipeline alsasrc = no sound (crashes gui) With PCM muted and 'line-in ' on: Output ALSA pipeline alsasink = sound + hissing background. Input ALSA pipeline alsasrc = no sound (crashes gui) When I run the above gstreamer-properties test as root user, I get no alsasink or alsasrc recognition at all. permissions on /dev/dsp /dev/audio /dev/mixer all crw------- At startup, from dmesg during udev initialization audio is intialized on bttv and audio takes an ucommonly long time to get set. My understanding is that it should start with ALSA. I have just clean installed Fedora Core 4 . Under FC3 I didn't have a memorable sound problem, but, then I wasn't looking. I am using P4 on a Intel 82850 motherboard, Ensoniq 5889 AudioPCI sound card and an ATI TV Wonder tuner. Also listed is Brooktree Bt878 video capture and Bt878 audio capture. I ran lsmod | grep ^snd and got the following: snd_ens1371 31649 1 snd_rawmidi 30305 1 snd_ens1371 snd_ac97_codec 75961 1 snd_ens1371 snd_seq_dummy 3653 0 snd_seq_oss 37057 0 snd_seq_midi_event 9153 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 62289 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 8781 4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 51185 0 snd_mixer_oss 17857 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 100169 3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 33605 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 57157 12 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss ,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss, snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 9669 1 snd_pcm plus; soundcore 10913 1 snd plus; bt878 10457 0 tuner 27121 0 bttv 161393 1 bt878 video_buf 23749 1 bttv i2c_algo_bit 9289 1 bttv v4l2_common 5825 1 bttv btcx_risc 4937 1 bttv tveeprom 13017 1 bttv videodev 9537 1 bttv and; /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/audio aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1371/2 [ES1371 DAC1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 $ amixer Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [on] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: Mono: Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0 Capabilities: Mono: Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] I have moved my sound and TV cards to new slots and securely reset all my speaker leads. My Windows XP set up works perfectly with the following settings: WindowsXP Vol Control: 40% Wave: 40% SW Synth: 95% Line-in: Mute CD Audio: 50% I have played around with my mixer settings so often I no longer remember the original installed settings. I am flumexed.
I simply modified asound.conf as suggested previously with: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } This solved all problems.
(In reply to comment #11) > I simply modified asound.conf as suggested previously with: > > pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } > ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } > > This solved all problems. did any difference occur in sound quality? i meant that if the sound quality decrease?
Well I'll be! Kindred spirits! I too have the es1371 built-in motherboard on a new machine and have the exact same symptoms as described in this bug. Scratchy, distorted system sounds and browser sounds. I applied the asound.conf workaround described earlier and it seems to have fixed the problem. Unlike a couple others here, I don't recall having this issue with FC3, just FC4.
I too applied the assound.conf workaround and it fixed one of my sound problems temporarily. At the risk of looking real stupid, something keeps changing it back. I am not sure whether the revision is time driven or when I login in and out. I have not used system-config-soundcard which is supposed to set up asound.conf. Secondly, googleing tells me that I should have have PCM-2 for a second PCM channel with Ensoniq 5880 but I can't seem to create it. Thirdly the ALSA site clearly states that I should chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi to replace the crw---------. This also keeps getting changed back. I have looked for a day for a permissions module that might be responsible, but I am none the wiser.
Added new HW switch to c-s-c (in rawhide) to bypass dmix.
(In reply to comment #15) > Added new HW switch to c-s-c (in rawhide) to bypass dmix. hi, where/what is rawhide? how can i use it?
six days passed after my last question, but noone hasnt reply about where i could download the neccessary rpms, yet. or i'm not able to express myself, nor noone wants to understand me!
please DO NOT close this bug, until anyone gives the exact address of alsa-lib's fixed version that Nezih Kartal ( me ) can download!!! i opened this bug. everyone who has this problem, solved their problems. but i couldnt yet. DO NOT write blank (blank is to say, which hasnt got the address of alsa-lib's fixed rpms). or PLEASE erase this bug completely nor doesnt touch...
rawhide is here: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/
With my ES1371 on FC4, I have the same problem too (noise in left channel). After googling, I found that the following blog provided another way to solve the problem: http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2005/07/02/186 It generally does this: 1. Open GNOME volume control applet 2. Edit->Preferences, check the IEC958 3. In the Switches tab, turn off IEC958 Now the noise is magically gone.
(In reply to comment #20) > With my ES1371 on FC4, I have the same problem too (noise in left channel). > > After googling, I found that the following blog provided another way to > solve the problem: > http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/2005/07/02/186 > > It generally does this: > 1. Open GNOME volume control applet > 2. Edit->Preferences, check the IEC958 > 3. In the Switches tab, turn off IEC958 > > Now the noise is magically gone. thanx but it was the first thing that i disabled.
hello, this is the first time that i install fc4, since you said you solved this problem with making a new alsa rpms. firstly i download ; http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/alsa-lib-1.0.10-3.FC4.i386.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/alsa-utils-1.0.10-1.FC4.i386.rpm and install. because their dates are new. but the bug wasnt solved with these rpms. problem is going on, fully... i couldnt find that switch among the switches... "(In reply to comment #15) > Added new HW switch to c-s-c (in rawhide) to bypass dmix." after these, i tried to download and install these rpms ; http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/alsa-lib-1.0.11-3.rc2.2.i386.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/alsa-utils-1.0.11-2.rc2.2.i386.rpm the result is; Failed dependencies: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by alsa-lib-1.0.11-3.rc2.2.i386 libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by alsa-utils-1.0.11-2.rc2.2.i386 udev < 062 conflicts with alsa-utils-1.0.11-2.rc2.2.i386 i'll now try to change asound.conf that Herbert Rutledge suggests. thanx him. but it's a temporary solve, if it works. do i have to change that file every fedora installing? why dont you fix this bug. that rpms dont fix it. please fix this problem...
configuring asound.conf, didnt fix :(
download/install alsa-lib, alsa-utils ans system-config-soundcard packages from FC4 update, run system-config-soundcard and disable support for dmix/dsnoop.
i disabled software mixing (dmix, dsnoop). really, nothing changed. result is the same :(
see this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=139927 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 139927 ***
hey! i'm testing fedora core 5 now. and fc5 doesnt have this bug, even without changing any sound card configuration :) i'm so happy. everyone who has this bug, please make a fresh install fc5. to me, new name of linux is FEDORA CORE 5 !!! i dont agree that i had been used linux since fc2. because i dont like any other distros. thanx to fedora developers... please dont stop supporting old hardwares ;) go on doing it... (i hope i wont get any problem about nvidia drivers and kernel or about another bug... i'll try now) see you...