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Thank you.


Cell

Stab in the dark here, have you checked your repo's?

Either the repos arn't enabled or it hasn't found its way to the repos yet.Theres a few apps that haven't trickled down yet.

Thats my guess.


edit:looks like Moebius snuck in before me.

Cell wrote:Either the repos arn't enabled or it hasn't found its way to the repos yet.Theres a few apps that haven't trickled down yet.

Thats my guess.


edit:looks like Moebius snuck in before me.

Great minds think alike

I got a ext. HD on our local net used for pictures, music etc. witch I could not access from within Ultimate Edition 2.4.
I searched synaptic and installed:

samba (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5)
smbfs (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5)

(not quite sure if I needed both, but now I can access with no problem)

Hello,
Love the new release. Only one issue and I have had it in Ubuntu 9.10 x64. The sound keeps poping as if it is turning audio on. I am running Ultimate 2.4 x64 and have this issue. I am not sure what to do to fix this. Any help would be appreciated. I am listing some of my hardware info below. Please let me know if you need more info to trouble shoot.

Hardware:
-PCI Devices-
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller
ISA bridge : nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge
SMBus : nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus
RAM memory : nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller
USB Controller : nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller
USB Controller : nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge
Audio device : nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio
IDE interface : nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE
Bridge : nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet
IDE interface : nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge
PCI bridge : nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge
Host bridge : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Host bridge : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Host bridge : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Host bridge : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
VGA compatible controller : nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 260]

Thanks Blackwolf, it fixed the issue. I really apreciate the help.

Blackwolf wrote:Karmic has a powersaving feature that can cause audible pops when your soundcard sleeps and wakes up, if you have an Intel HDA based audio device. The easiest way to test is to play some sound and then close all sound-making applications. Wait, and in 10 to 20 seconds, and your sound card should pop.

If that happens, you can test further by 1) checking that you have an HDA, and 2) disabling that feature:

Note to people searching the forum: Karmic only. Jaunty and earlier do not have this feature. So, if you're hearing clicks in Jaunty, you have a different problem from what I'm talking about here.


Open up a terminal. Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. Paste (Ctrl+Shift+P is paste in Terminal) this command in and press enter.

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cat /proc/asound/cards

It should mention "HDA Intel" For example, mine says:
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 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xb0000000 irq 22

If you have an HDA Intel, this one will let you change the configuration:
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gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Enter your password.

Find the line that starts with
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options snd-hda-intel power_save

and type a # at the beginning of that line to disable it. Save the file, log out, log back in. Now, try playing a sound, closing all sound-making applications and see if the pop has gone away.

**just a note that after modifying /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf you can force the sound modules to reload without having to reboot by using the following command:

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sudo alsa force-reload

Hello Black Wolf, I thought this suggestion of yours would fix that popping sound I have, yes I do have the itel card with the hda power saving. I typed a # at the beginning of that line, still have that pop. I also tried a # and a space to match the line above that line with a # but no joy that way either. I will try the command above about force-reload. I am not use to using the terminal, is that code added while in the same terminal window as the above fix.

Hello, It is fixed now, logging in, out didn't work but restarting did!

Thanks!

dathem wrote:I thought this suggestion of yours would fix that popping sound I have, yes I do have the itel card with the hda power saving. I typed a # at the beginning of that line, still have that pop. I also tried a # and a space to match the line above that line with a # but no joy that way either. I will try the command above about force-reload. I am not use to using the terminal, is that code added while in the same terminal window as the above fix.

Should be able to use any terminal window - one you already have open or a new one.

If you have not "force-reloaded" - or restarted - then you would expect that nothing has changed. Like changing the ingredients in a recpie, the dinner that you've already made is not going to taste any different (but the next one will).

Blackwolf: This is the line that I have:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

I am wondering what leaving the line in force but changing the N to a Y at the end would do; would it put this power-saving option into a control panel somewhere for us to adjust?

Also, instead of disabing to stop the pop every so often, would it be wise to instead change the 10 to a higher number? My thinking is that although a pop only seconds from the last one is highly annoying, one every minute or two - when not actively using sound - might in fact be quite tolerable. That is, if changing the variable from 10 to 60 (or 120) would still help at least a little insofar as those of us with laptops can get any additional time away from the charger.