Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: DFS Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Thelio hardware problem with Linux Mint Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:44:06 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:44:06 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ec05b6bf3a15acd02cf034c1d7a8084f"; logging-data="3299176"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/pm7gfswCqimVQSOOj6fFA" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ASTdE8kCNdt3KLv7GzoLXLNRQsQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2169 On 3/10/2024 3:16 PM, vallor wrote: > Actually, I've had this problem with both Ubuntu and Linux Mint: > > Sound goes away. > > I have a speaker amp connected via optical TOSLink to my > System76 Thelio workstation. The former displays the PCM > rate of the audio connection. Usually, that's 44.1kHz. > > Occasionally it will report "no signal", and I have to reboot > the box to get sound back -- and not a soft reboot, but > a big-red-button reboot. > > Also, sometimes it has sound dropouts, similar to what used > to happen with USB sound back in the day on earlier systems. > Running "pulseaudio -k" usually clears that up. > > I've been through all the potential workarounds on the > System76 knowledgebase for sound problems. > > Thing is, the TOSLink connector is usually on the motherboard, > and I don't have problems with them. But this time, I think > the connector is on a daughterboard, and I suspect it is > connected to the motherboard via USB. > > Anyway, it's annoying. I have a ticket open with System76, > and we'll see if they have something else to suggest. This is an off-charter post.