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Subject: Re: Thelio hardware problem with Linux Mint
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:44:06 -0400
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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.


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