Re: 🏳️‍🌈Thelio hardware problem with Linux Mint🏳️‍🌈

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:44:06 -0400, LO AND BEHOLD; DFS <nospam@dfs.com>
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=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= On 3/10/2024 3:16 PM, vallor wrote:
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Actually, I've had this problem with both Ubuntu and Linux Mint: Sound
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= goes away. I have a speaker amp connected via optical TOSLink to my
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= System76 Thelio workstation.  The former displays the PCM rate of the
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= audio connection. Usually, that's 44.1kHz. Occasionally it will report
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= "no signal", and I have to reboot the box to get sound back -- and not a
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= soft reboot, but a big-red-button reboot. Also, sometimes it has sound
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= dropouts, similar to what used to happen with USB sound back in the day
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= on earlier systems. Running "pulseaudio -k" usually clears that up. I've
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= been through all the potential workarounds on the System76
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= knowledgebase for sound problems. Thing is, the TOSLink connector is
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= usually on the motherboard, and I don't have problems with them.  But
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= this time, I think the connector is on a daughterboard, and I suspect
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= it is connected to the motherboard via USB. Anyway, it's annoying.  I
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= have a ticket open with System76, and we'll see if they have something
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= else to suggest.
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= This is an off-charter post.
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