[GA-MA770T-UD3, Realtek ALC888, Green Line Out, Rear] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound

[David JM Emmett]

Audio stuttering during playback, was using jack before, but still get issues just using pulseaudio/alsa.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-24.35-generic 3.8.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: david 7468 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: david 7468 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: david 7468 F...m pulseaudio
Date: Sat Jun 1 21:22:15 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-22 (680 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_SpeakerTestPulseStderr:
 W r i t e e r r o r : - 3 2 , B r o k e n p i p e
  W r i t e e r r o r : - 3 2 , B r o k e n p i p e
  W r i t e e r r o r : - 3 2 , B r o k e n p i p e
Symptom_Type: Underruns, dropouts, or "crackling" sound
Title: [GA-MA770T-UD3, Realtek ALC888, Green Line Out, Rear] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-29 (64 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/23/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F1
dmi.board.name: GA-MA770T-UD3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd10/23/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA770T-UD3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA770T-UD3:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA770T-UD3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Does this help? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/PositionReporting

[David JM Emmett (davidjmemmett)]

Hi Daniel,

That is the guide that I followed which led to me filing this bug report. After following the guide completely, sounds is now playing back too quickly, and is pretty choppy.

Cheers,
David

[David JM Emmett (davidjmemmett)]

I've noticed that when the audio starts to get choppy, and repeats really quickly, if I wiggle my mouse, the audio continues as normal. Very strange.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/etc/timidity/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/etc/timidity/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/etc/timidity/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/etc/timidity/.pulse-cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/etc/timidity/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/etc/timidity/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
Jun 1 17:38:00 icecap pulseaudio[2306]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock
Jun 1 17:38:16 icecap pulseaudio[2669]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:16 icecap pulseaudio[2669]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:18 icecap pulseaudio[2691]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:18 icecap pulseaudio[2691]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:20 icecap pulseaudio[2672]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:20 icecap pulseaudio[2672]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authorization key '/var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
Jun 1 17:38:20 icecap pulseaudio[2703]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Jun 1 17:38:30 icecap pulseaudio[2979]: [pulseaudio] module.c: module-combine is deprecated: Please use module-combine-sink instead of module-combine!
Jun 1 17:38:30 icecap pulseaudio[2979]: [pulseaudio] module-combine.c: We will now load module-combine-sink. Please make sure to remove module-combine from your configuration.
Jun 1 17:38:30 icecap pulseaudio[3000]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Jun 1 18:32:56 icecap pulseaudio[2979]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 329908 bytes (1870 ms).
Jun 1 18:32:56 icecap pulseaudio[2979]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jun 1 18:32:56 icecap pulseaudio[2979]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Jun 1 18:32:56 icecap pulseaudio[2979]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: S...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Felix Eckhofer (eckhofer)]

Stumbled across the same problems (playback too fast, choppy) with the onboard sound from GA-MA770-UD3. "options snd_hda_intel position_fix=1" does not help. Any further advice?

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

https://launchpad.net/~diwic/+archive/pulse-timing-test

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]