Sound problems upon upgrade to Hardy

[WizardMagus]

Hello. I have an HP Pavilion dv6000, and I just upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy. Since this time I have been having weird sound problems. The sound is incredibly scratchy, or sounds like it has very high bass, if that makes sense.

I get the same problems no matter what file type I play, if I play something online, etc. I tried using headphones and the laptop speakers and both have the same problem. I also tried changing devices, and Alsa, OSS and PulseAudio all have a similar problem.

This is my lspci output:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

Does anyone know what the problem might be? Let me know if I need to provide additional information. Thanks for the help!

[WizardMagus]

Anyone? My sound is unusable.

[nickko]

There seems to be lots of issues with pulseaudio soundserver. Try to kill pulseaudio process through the system monitor.

If that solves the problem, i described a way to disable pulsaudio on startup (it is impossible to totally remove it without removing kubuntu desktop on hardy) on the "how to disable pulsaudio" thread

[WizardMagus]

There seems to be lots of issues with pulseaudio soundserver. Try to kill pulseaudio process through the system monitor.

If that solves the problem, i described a way to disable pulsaudio on startup (it is impossible to totally remove it without removing kubuntu desktop on hardy) on the "how to disable pulsaudio" thread

I killed the pulseaudio application but the problem continues. Any more thoughts?

[selda]

I had lots of sound problems lately. Killing pulsaoudio solved all problems. Thanks for the hint.

[Gromwalh]

I'm having the same problem on the same laptop. Just tried killing pulseaudio and problem remains. Worked great under 7.10. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Zorael]

Many have issues with Intel HDA-related soundcards, and there are easy fixes for some of us lucky ones.

See http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4869649 as well as the post I linked to there.

Failing that, you may have to compile the snd_hda_intel module from a newer source. Or an older one, seeing as it worked for mostly everyone in 7.10.

More info over at http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...dule-hda-intel.

[Gromwalh]

I just came across this. I don't know why it worked, but it did the trick for me. Good luck!

[WizardMagus]

I just came across this. I don't know why it worked, but it did the trick for me. Good luck!

This worked! Thank you for the help.