Exact same problem here , I have had it since dapper my sound card is Terratec Aureon sky 5.1 , it uses snd_ice1724 and lspci gives: Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)
setting the inside music volume at max 100% solves the problem for Neverball but I have the exact same symptoms when I run my old Quake or HexenII games they also use sdl. -- Sound crackles & snaps when SDL volume not set at 100% https://launchpad.net/bugs/66483 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs