Buzzing sound when speaker idle

Question

i just installed Ubuntu, and am a new user. There is this constant buzzing noise coming from the speakers, when idle. When i play music, the sound goes away, and i hear the music fine.

I tried a few things, but after doing so, the problem is still there and i lost the volume icon from the top right toolbar. :/

any suggestions? The buzzing is irritating beyond belief!

We need to know some system and hardware specs in order to help you — Joren, Oct 17 '13 at 00:07
Probably a duplicate of http://askubuntu.com/questions/393026/ — Victor Sergienko, Apr 27 '14 at 16:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 02:13

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For me it was skype notification sounds, it would activate it loop endlessly, just now after a clean new install of ubuntu and skype

System Settings>Sound>Applications Sound, try disabling Skype or other programs.

answered Nov 06 '13 at 02:13

SaveTheMage

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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This thread helps fixing my exact problem

Popping noise from laptop speakers

I did this:

sudo nano /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/intel-audio-powersave

Find the line:

INTEL_AUDIO_POWERSAVE=${INTEL_AUDIO_POWERSAVE:-true}

Comment it out using #. Underneath add the line:

INTEL_AUDIO_POWERSAVE=false

Save and exit, then restart.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Apr 21 '15 at 12:22

Thanh

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Buzzing sound when speaker idle

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