How to stop speaker random popping noise on Ubuntu 22.04

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I have a PC with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dual booting with Windows 10. After a fresh install of ubuntu I notice a random popping sound (very small but it's there) from my speaker (edifier r1280dbs).

It seems to happen whenever I open heavy apps (like microsoft teams), or when I login/logout of the system. But it can happen randomly too. I've searched intensively and most of the results I found say that the problem is in the power saving option of the sound card. I've follow the solutions here but none's working. Annoying click/popping sound on Ubuntu 20.04 Please help me solve this problem. Thank you!

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '23 at 07:14

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This answer worked for me.

Backup the existing PuseAudio config file: sudo cp /etc/pulse/default.pa /etc/pulse/default.bak
Edit the config file: gedit admin:///etc/pulse/default.pa
Hash out the entry load-module module-suspend-on-idle: #load-module module-suspend-on-idle
Save and close the config file
Restart PluseAudio: systemctl restart --user pulseaudio

answered Jan 09 '23 at 07:14

Jaydin

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Didn't work for me. Not sure what else to try. It keeps idling every time the volume is lower than a threshold. – Jake OPJ Nov 07 '23 at 17:27
@JakeOPJ - this could be an issue with your speakers, so you could try testing a different set of speakers. – Jaydin Nov 21 '23 at 06:23
it doesn't do it on Windows. There's a threshold somewhere that lets the service sleep when sound is too low. – Jake OPJ Nov 22 '23 at 14:36
@JakeOPJ try reading here. – Jaydin Nov 27 '23 at 00:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '23 at 23:20

Because none of the solutions worked for me, and the speakers keep idling when the volume is low for a while, I found this hack works:

play -q -r 48000 -n -t alsa -b 16 -c 2 synth sin 10 vol -10dB

I just play this inaudible (for me) sound all the time and they never idle.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 07 '23 at 00:50

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[note: you need to be root for this].

Open file in terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Add the following line at the bottom of the page:

options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N

save and reboot.

answered Dec 07 '23 at 00:50

rob grune

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