[Leaplist] Audio issues recently appeared on Fedora

[Derek Konigsberg]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Richard F. Ostrow Jr. wrote:

>
> On Wed, February 17, 2010 11:24 am, Dan Cherry wrote:
>> Derek Konigsberg wrote:
>>> So my Fedora 12 desktop has recently developed an audio problem that's
>>> driving me nuts...  This problem just started a couple weeks ago,
>>> probably in response to some recent update.  (it has not always been
>>> like this)
>>>
>>> First, depending on how I fiddle the output device, it likes to make
>>> this continual popping/crackling noise (like some phantom input channel
>>> is cranked up), which I can make go away if I switch from the "Analog
>>> Output" port to the "Analog Headphones" port (in the PulseAudio volume
>>> control app).  Second, the bass is *way* out of whack.
>>>
>>> Sound card is an SB Audigy of some sort
>>>
>>> P.S. Yes, I have fiddled extensively with every friggin mixer slider I
>>> could find.  The issue isn't there (or obvious there) as far as I can
>>> tell.
>>> P.P.S. I have a Windows 7 box that works just fine with the same
>>> speakers.
>>> P.P.P.S. This is "not" the issue described in the Fedora FAQ about some
>>> drive controller and sleep mode.
>>>
>> you might want to grab a live cd (probably best if it's not fedora), to
>> make sure the sound card itself is okay.  That would at least tell you
>> if you're chasing a fedora problem or a hardware problem (other than the
>> speakers).
>
> It'd be an interesting hardware problem if it didn't manifest itself under
> windows (see P.P.S.)

Windows was on a different computer, albeit with the same speakers.
I'll have to test the LiveCD sometime tonight.


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