[GA-MA785GMT-UD2H, Realtek ALC889A, Green Line Out, Rear] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound -- mostly just skips every 20 seconds or so

[John Emhoff]

While listening to music (via Amazon Cloud Player, which I think is flash based) I get pops and skips every twenty or thirty seconds.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:1.0-0ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: john 1674 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: john 1674 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889A'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0885,1458a102,00100101'
   Controls : 39
   Simple ctrls : 22
Date: Mon Nov 21 22:29:05 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB successful
Symptom_Card: Internal Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed
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
  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-MA785GMT-UD2H, Realtek ALC889A, Green Line Out, Rear] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-17 (4 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F1
dmi.board.name: GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd07/03/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA785GMT-UD2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA785GMT-UD2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013.

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We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

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