Hmm, looks like this one was partially my fault. I had forgotten when I first submitted this bug report that I had encountered a similar problem with cracking/noise in some applications when I first installed Debian on this computer a year ago.
The solution I discovered at the time was to load the snd-hda-intel module with the parameter "position_fix=3" which appeared to solve the problem until I upgraded libasound2 a few days ago. For some odd reason, using the "position_fix=3" module parameter with the 1.0.14-1 library had the opposite effect--it produced cracking with every application. Anyways, I removed the module parameter and upgraded to 1.0.14a-1, and everything appears to be working just fine. Thanks for the clue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]