Audio is garbled in Google Chrome until you do suspend 1 and suspend 0 through pacmd

[Sami Haahtinen]

Sound is grabled when watching videos with Google Chrome. The sound can be ungrabled by starting pacmd and running suspend 1 and suspend 0 (essentially resetting the sound stream) and the audio will work normally.

Google Chrome is just one of the applications that show these problems, but it's the most prominent on my system and that's why I'm using it as an example.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ressu 2871 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ressu 2871 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f4000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S'
   Components : 'HDA:11060397,1043836c,00100000'
   Controls : 45
   Simple ctrls : 22
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x81b'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x81b at usb-0000:00:12.2-4.2, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:081b'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 6144
   Mono: Capture 3632 [59%] [20.18dB] [on]
Card2.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:2 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe9e8000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card2.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Tue Mar 13 23:18:40 2012
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-27 (77 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/13/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2104
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A785TD-M EVO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2104:bd08/13/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A785TD-MEVO:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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

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Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

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