Public bug reported: Intermittent crackle from laptop speakers when audio is idle.
Laptop is an Alienware m5500-R3 also known as Alienware Area-51 m5550. It appears to be a rebrand of Uniwill's P53IA. Setting model=uniwill-p53 in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf has no effect on the sound. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D1', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D6c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D6p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/timer', '/dev/sequencer', '/dev/sequencer2'] failed with exit code 1: Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xb0000000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC880' Components : 'HDA:10573055,10573055,00100700 HDA:10ec0880,08800000,00100800' Controls : 22 Simple ctrls : 14 Date: Tue Oct 13 14:53:12 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.45-generic SourcePackage: alsa-driver Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686 ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- [9.10 regression] HDA power_save=10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450630 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs