I managed to solve the problem by uninstalling pulseaudio. Somehow the graphics is interfering with pulseaudio's functionality.
-- sound crackles when doing things like minimising windows on i915 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216874 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