Comment 46 for bug 188226

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Ian M. Stewart <email address hidden> wrote:
> As another desktop user, with little Linux experience, I also support
> the request for a final patch soon. I'm running Hardy upgrade from
> Gutsy, and never had any sound or video problems prior to that upgrade.
> Now, any time my processor hits 100% for any reason, the music just
> stops and then restarts. The duration varies from milliseconds (clicks,
> grates and pops) to up to a full second of silence! I've fiddled with
> my pulseaudio settings and this changes the characteristics of the
> problem, but not the existence of it.
>
> If it is any help to anyone, the gaps in the audio often coincide with
> the flickering at one second intervals of the "Manual network
> configuration" icon in the panel, which also didn't used to happen.
>
> 2.6.24-16-generic
> AMD Athlon XP1600+
> EnvyNG GeForce MX2 400 (64Mb)
>

For the time being, please go and change to shares of all users apart
from your one to 2. You can do that by changing the value in
/sys/kernels/uid/<uid>/cpu_shares. You can make it permanent by using
udev scripts if you want to.

Dhaval