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Sound Hiss On Ubuntu 6.06

Asked by Luiz Fernando

I have a multi-boot Windows XP/Ubuntu Dapper Drake and my the sound works somewhat poorly in Ubuntu. When I boot my system in Ubuntu it has a loud hiss and low sound volume. When I start on Windows XP(sound works just fine there) and restart to Ubuntu the sound hiss stops but the volume is still very low.

I have an onboard sound board from P5VDC-X motherboard. My system is configured with ALSA and ESD. I tried to mess with the volume control on ALSA but apparently it didn't help me. Is there anything I can try to make my soundboard work fine?

Thanks

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Wrwrwr (wrwrwr) said : 		#1

There is some general troubleshooting concerning alsa:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaTips#Fighting_disturbed_sound
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TroubleShooting#Sound_can_be_heard_but_it_is_distorted

However there seem to be some specific problems with your sound card (it's ADI1986A, right?), some possible solutions are here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=501104
This suggests installing alsa 1.0.14 in one place, if you'd decide to do it, getting it from gutsy repositories should be easier than compiling and replacing the driver manually.

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