Sound crashes after brief period of use

[Josh Vaughan]

The sound crashes when I am playing music and the song skips. The volume icon shows as muted then returns back to normal again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jc0v 2884 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: jc0v 2884 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xe3d40000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76e7,1028049b,00100102 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 14
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Pro'/'Creative Technology Ltd SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.4, full '
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB041e:30df'
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Power LED',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Mon May 7 15:32:26 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro - SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro
Symptom_Type: Sound works for a while, then breaks
Title: [USB-Audio - SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro, playback] fails after a while
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-02 (34 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A01
dmi.board.name: 0H5TG2
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd04/20/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE5420:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0H5TG2:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E5420
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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