so yeah im new to linux but this time im seriously willing to get used to it but heres my only complaints i cant multitask without this pesky audio crackling, i can take the freezing but the audio crackling drives me crazy. im using lubuntu and my laptop is lenovo ideapad 120s, the 10 inch 2gb ram model. i tried kde as well as the default de which is lxqt which runs way faster but its significantly uglier and both des use x11 and i wanted to try wayland to see if thatd solve the issue but i couldnt get it to work. when im using lxqt the window manager is openbox. thanks in advance for any help
#freezing and audio crackling when im multitasking
safe roost
oh also ive created a swap partition which made it a lot better but im not making it bigger for storage reasons
lunar dragon
Is that Intel audio? cat /proc/asound/cards and paste text here in textblock, please.
2GB RAM model? Well, there's your problem.
safe roost
HDA Intel PCH at 0x91318000 irq 128
windows ran fine on it but im aiming for better minimalism
lunar dragon
Linux does software audio mixing and thus, requires CPU/RAM.
safe roost
ohh
safe roost
i hope there are because i wanna use fl studio
lunar dragon
Run this: cat /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save and provide output.
safe roost
the output is literally 1
lunar dragon
Yep. That's likely it.
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save
Verify by doing the previous cat command to make sure output is 0.
safe roost
output is indeed 0
lunar dragon
Okay, try that out for, try to trigger the issue.
safe roost
do i need to reboot
safe roost
it crackled only once
lunar dragon
This is not persistent, until somethig else is done.
safe roost
okay i think it doesnt crackle at all anymore
ok it was kinda crackling when i went to #general
maybe cuz there was a video in there but yeah it did indeed crackle
for a second
now it doesnt when i do it again
lunar dragon
So, it's better. Not perfect, but better.
echo 'options snd_hda_intel power_save=0' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/audio_disable_powersave.conf
Makes this power save option change permanent across reboots.
safe roost
options snd_hda_intel power_save=0
sorry for the inactivity i thought u went offline
im about to go to sleep as well
is that all?
@lunar dragon
lunar dragon
sorry for the inactivity i thought u went offline
I did, kinda. My system was crashing with too much RAM usage.
safe roost
oh dang
lunar dragon
64GB RAM no less.
But yeah, this should curb some of the issue, from that, it's a common issue in laptops with intel hda.
lunar dragon
I mean, 2GB RAM is... Just not useable.