Public bug reported: This bug appears on 20.04 and 20.10
I believe it is a kernel bug. Currently reporting from Ubuntu 20.10 (beta), having updated packages. Kernel is x86_64, 5.8.0-21 It can be mitigated by the echo command,namely: echo -e "\a\a\a" So I wrote a small shell script to do this:- #!/usr/bin/env bash while true do date echo -e "\aShh..." sleep 5 done ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: linux-image-5.8.0-21-generic 5.8.0-21.22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-21.22-generic 5.8.13 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu49 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: thomas 1239 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Oct 9 10:45:13 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-09 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20200930) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp63s0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc5700 Microtower ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-21-generic root=UUID=9853fe4c-53c3-4680-8919-1e3bd68539d4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-21-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-21-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.190 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2007 dmi.bios.release: 2.4 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 786E2 v02.04 dmi.board.name: 0A60h dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E2v02.04:bd04/13/2007:br2.4:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc5700Microtower:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A60h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.family: 103C_53307F dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc5700 Microtower dmi.product.sku: GE018ET#ABU dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy -- 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/1899145 Title: Getting a repeating, white-noise like "tik tok" from speakers Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This bug appears on 20.04 and 20.10 I believe it is a kernel bug. Currently reporting from Ubuntu 20.10 (beta), having updated packages. Kernel is x86_64, 5.8.0-21 It can be mitigated by the echo command,namely: echo -e "\a\a\a" So I wrote a small shell script to do this:- #!/usr/bin/env bash while true do date echo -e "\aShh..." sleep 5 done ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: linux-image-5.8.0-21-generic 5.8.0-21.22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-21.22-generic 5.8.13 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu49 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: thomas 1239 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Oct 9 10:45:13 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-09 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20200930) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp63s0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc5700 Microtower ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-21-generic root=UUID=9853fe4c-53c3-4680-8919-1e3bd68539d4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-21-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-21-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.190 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2007 dmi.bios.release: 2.4 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 786E2 v02.04 dmi.board.name: 0A60h dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E2v02.04:bd04/13/2007:br2.4:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc5700Microtower:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A60h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.family: 103C_53307F dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc5700 Microtower dmi.product.sku: GE018ET#ABU dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1899145/+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