Public bug reported: For any application using sound:
Every 10 seconds there is a "hiccup" or stutter. This is clearly seen in the System Monitor as a brief bump in the CPU graph from about 42% to 64%. Also, at the command line, using top, immediately after each stutter a new process appears briefly: kslowdxxx. A new process appears for each stutter, so about every 10 seconds. I almost hate to complicate this, but for about 5% of cold boots the above behavior does not occur, and sound plays correctly in all apllications. I have attached an apport-bug --file-bug report for an instance of this rare situation: apport_good.txt. Perhaps it will help shed some light. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.23+dfsg-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: reidi 1401 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: reidi 1401 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with STAC9750,51 at irq 11' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9750,51' Components : 'AC97a:83847650' Controls : 31 Simple ctrls : 21 Date: Mon Oct 11 14:29:52 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SelectedCard: 0 I82801DBICH4 ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 SourcePackage: alsa-driver SpeakerTestAlsaStderr: W r i t e e r r o r : - 3 2 , B r o k e n p i p e W r i t e e r r o r : - 3 2 , B r o k e n p i p e Symptom: audio Title: [ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4] Playback problem dmi.bios.date: 11/01/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU // Phoenix Technologies Ltd. dmi.bios.version: Version 1.13 dmi.board.name: FJNB182 dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASS0F1A88B112000 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSU//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrVersion1.13:bd11/01/2004:svnFUJITSU:pnLifeBookSSeries:pvr:rvnFUJITSU:rnFJNB182:rvr:cvnASS0F1A88B112000:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: LifeBook S Series dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- [ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4] Playback problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658747 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