Doesn't happen in earlier versions of ubuntu that don't use pulse...
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:27 PM, berend <ber...@pobox.com> wrote: > I can confirm this is not a bug with pulseaudio. When I route the audio > to my wireless audio card, no stutters at all. It's purely related to > the intel hda driver. > > Here my two audio cards: > > # aplay -l > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > Home directory /home/berend not ours. > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 1: Headset [Logitech Wireless Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB > Audio] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996906 > > Title: > periodic audio skips with Intel HDA > > Status in PulseAudio sound server: > Confirmed > Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > When running PulseAudio, if I'm playing music via any source (Exaile, > Totem, > Flash in Firefox or Chromium, VLC, etc.) every few minutes the audio > will skip > once or twice. top doesn't show any process eating CPU any more when it > happens. dmesg doesn't show anything. Nothing else seems to be > affected. It > doesn't seem to happen regularly. > > I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 from scratch (with pulseaudio > 1:1.1-0ubuntu15), > but the same thing happened in 10.04 on the same hardware. Uninstalling > the > PulseAudio packages and going back to ALSA gives me no issues > whatsoever, which > is how I know the issue is with PulseAudio. I'm using my onboard audio > device: > > $ lspci | grep Audio > 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia > (Intel > HDA) > > Following mailing list instructions, pulseaudio -vvvv --log-time shows > during a > skip: > > ( 684.030| 5.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Underrun! > ( 684.030| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal > latency to > 26.00 ms > ( 684.030| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 26.00ms > ( 684.030| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=60952 > ( 684.030| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15944 > ( 684.030| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 26.00ms > ( 684.030| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=60952 > ( 684.030| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15944 > ( 684.031| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Underrun on 'ALSA > Playback', 0 bytes in queue. > ( 684.036| 0.004) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind > due to > end of underrun. > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Requested to rewind 10940 > bytes. > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Limited to 3320 bytes. > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: before: 830 > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: after: 830 > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Rewound 3320 bytes. > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink.c: Processing rewind... > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink.c: latency = 1337 > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink-input.c: Have to rewind 3320 > bytes on > render memblockq. > ( 684.036| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] source.c: Processing rewind... > ( 696.234| 12.197) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Underrun! > ( 696.234| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup > watermark to > 15.99 ms > ( 702.033| 5.799) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Underrun! > ( 702.033| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal > latency to > 36.00 ms > ( 702.033| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 36.00ms > ( 702.033| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=59188 > ( 702.033| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15680 > ( 702.033| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: Latency set to 36.00ms > ( 702.034| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=59188 > ( 702.034| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=15680 > ( 702.034| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Underrun on 'ALSA > Playback', 0 bytes in queue. > > ...and it goes on. > > The "Underrun!" messages alone happened a few times before, but it > didn't skip. > > I'd like to use PulseAudio, but it's pretty annoying having audio skip > all the > time. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 > Architecture: amd64 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC0: toxite 2136 F.... pulseaudio > /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: toxite 2136 F...m pulseaudio > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16' > Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889' > Components : 'HDA:10ec0889,1458a102,00100004' > Controls : 48 > Simple ctrls : 22 > Date: Tue May 8 21:45:17 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 > (20120425) > ProcEnviron: > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: pulseaudio > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 12/03/2009 > dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. > dmi.bios.version: F2 > dmi.board.name: GA-790FXTA-UD5 > dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > dmi.board.version: x.x > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd12/03/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-790FXTA-UD5:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-790FXTA-UD5:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: > dmi.product.name: GA-790FXTA-UD5 > dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/996906/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996906 Title: periodic audio skips with Intel HDA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/996906/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs