Speaker latency/delay when playing sound

[Matthieu Dufour]

The speakers seem to suffer from a latency problem: whenever I play something (it can be a YouTube video in Firefox, but also the test sound samples under "Sound" settings), nothing comes out for the first 1-2 seconds, until I hear a distinct "click" sound coming from the (left then right) speakers, then the sound plays normally.

It's as if the speakers were in "sleep mode," and whenever I play something, they first need to wake up and then start playing the actual sound.

Did not happen on other distros (Debian 12 or Fedora 39).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/seq: matthieu 2230 F.... pipewire
 /dev/snd/controlC0: matthieu 2230 F.... pipewire
                      matthieu 2237 F.... wireplumber
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat May 11 23:48:33 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-05-01 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9530
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2023
dmi.bios.release: 1.8
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.8.0
dmi.board.name: 0WCGKP
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.4
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.8.0:bd09/19/2023:br1.8:efr1.4:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WCGKP:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:sku0BEB:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9530
dmi.product.sku: 0BEB
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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