Re: Annoying sound speakers "clicks" on laptop
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 12. April 2011 schrieb Rob Gom:
>> Dear Lazyweb^wDebian users,
>> I have specific sound problem, which I don't know how to address. The
>> problem manifests itself by "clicking" sound from my laptop speakers,
>> looking (hearing) as turning on old amplifier or just (re-/dis-)
>> connecting the cables.
>> It started a few months ago. I don't know - was it KDE upgrade,
>> something with acpi, or something else.
>> It looks like that: I start kdm, first clicks appear as well. After
>> entering password they can be heard about 4 times. Then the most
>> reproducible way of hearing them is to view some sites with embedded
>> youtube clips.
>> Logs contain no useful information, but the problem is starting to be
>> more and more annoying.
>> Where should I look further? Is it something known? Do you have any
>> clues, or even better, solutions to that?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Robert
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> a workaround is, just to silence the speaker. You can use alsamixer for it in
> console and adjust the speaker - or just shut it off.
>
> Maybe there is a better solution, so this is just a workaround.
>
> Another idea might be, to blacklist the kernel module "pcspkr".
>
> Good luck!
>
> Hans
>
Thank you for your reply, however:
1. I don't have pcspkr module loaded.
2. I'm quite sure that those "clicks" are audible even if I mute sound
in kde mixer :(
Thanks nevertheless,
Robert
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