i also had the issue with a high pitched noise (see #59) when no sound was playing since upgrading to LinuxMint KDE 18.1.
Comment #50 has the solution, thank you so much -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381201 Title: snd-hda-intel powersave option and "CLICK" from speakers Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in linux package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: I've got a laptop with 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) S00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell Device 0233 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 Region 0: Memory at f6adc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intelubsystem: Dell Device 0233 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 Region 0: Memory at f6adc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel since kernel -6 (but I don't remember the exact version, anyway the update was pulled in this week), my sound card once every minute (or better to say randomly, I don't understand what triggers it) emits a sound from speakers which sounds like 'TOC'. I think this sound is caused by the power save options that were enabled in the module snd-hda-intel This sound also comes out if the volume is mute, or set to 0% ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 28 09:53:58 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f2f2f06b-2789-4704-8267-388f1e8bc9ca MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6400 Package: linux-image-2.6.30-6-generic 2.6.30-6.7 ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0f5f2103-da7b-4e52-ab7f-df158e2f816a ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-6.7-generic RelatedPackageVersions: SourcePackage: linux Uname: Linux 2.6.30-6-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 0RX493 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd12/17/2008:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RX493:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6400 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/381201/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
