here i am again, sorry for log delay. i have to revert my last post, which says that the problem is fixed. >> IT IS NOT. << i can reproduce it on my two pcs, samsung-nc10 and shuttle, both with: $ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec Codec: Realtek ALC662 rev1 i got the latest patches and alsa from the audio-dev-team fix_position and/or forcing model=xxx don't help!! so i found: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/574137 in my opinion *IT IS* the same problem i think it it not a configuration problem. it seems to be a problem with the alsa-diver for my crappy on-board-sound-card. it fails if i *seek the volume* OR *jump in a track*, that must be a problem with the sound-buffer-software-seeking a saw the talk with lennard pöttering on linux audo conference and he said that exactly this is hard to code. i have this stuff in my syslog: May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.801754] ALSA hda_intel.c:1665: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x3700, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.801782] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x9, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.812527] ALSA hda_intel.c:1665: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x3700, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.812550] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x9, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared pulseaudio[1486]: alsa-util.c: Disabling timer-based scheduling because high-resolution timers are not available from the kernel. May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.832634] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x9 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.832772] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x9 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.843946] ALSA hda_intel.c:1665: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x3700, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.843976] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x2, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.862383] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x4, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.883255] ALSA hda_intel.c:1665: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x3700, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.883283] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x2, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.902356] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x4, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared pulseaudio[1486]: alsa-util.c: Disabling timer-based scheduling because high-resolution timers are not available from the kernel. May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.955728] ALSA hda_intel.c:1665: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x3700, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.955758] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x9, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.972364] ALSA hda_intel.c:1665: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x3700, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared kernel: [ 28.972386] ALSA hda_codec.c:1158: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x9, stream=0x1, channel=0, format=0x4011 May 7 21:17:56 infrared pulseaudio[1486]: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write! May 7 21:17:56 infrared pulseaudio[1486]: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. May 7 21:17:56 infrared pulseaudio[1486]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail. May 7 21:18:01 infrared kernel: [ 34.259219] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x9 May 7 21:18:01 infrared kernel: [ 34.259290] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x9 May 7 21:18:01 infrared kernel: [ 34.261635] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x2 May 7 21:18:01 infrared kernel: [ 34.261651] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x4 May 7 21:18:01 infrared kernel: [ 34.261727] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x2 May 7 21:18:01 infrared kernel: [ 34.261736] ALSA hda_codec.c:1176: hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x4 i installed lucid from scratch on my samsung nc10 and this stuff happens, so i think there are other people out there with the same problem i will follow this thread again, christian