Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

  1. Bug #207135
  2. Comment #55

Comment 55 for bug 207135

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote : Re: [Bug 207135] Re: pulseaudio uses too much CPU

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:54 AM, smchris wrote:
> Let's see -- first thread post two years ago?  Looks like this will be a
> problem for the new user that hangs around like death and taxes.  Got
> here because not only does my sound stutter but the stutters crash the
> display of Audacious2 on 32-bit 9.10 (sound continues haltingly but
> Audacious2 is frozen).  Called up Top and I got a peak saying pulseaudio
> was using 106% of CPU.  I was impressed.   Less stuttering with command-
> line mplayer but I just got one.  Older AMD dual-core with 4 gig and a
> generic nvidia 9600.

File a new bug against alsa-driver. Make sure you can reproduce this
symptom using a current (daily) live cd of Lucid.