Help with Linux Mint Audio

chetmaster12 · Feb 28, 2015

So I just built a new PC, here are the components:

AsRock H97M
Intel Core i5 4460
Saphire Radeon R7-260X
WD Blue 1TB
Antec High Curent Gamer

I have installed Linux mint 17, and here is my issue: The audio is not working right. Regardless of whether I use the front audio or the ports on the motherboard, it is distorted (Almost like static), but still plays the soud. There also seems to be lag with the sound. I thought it might be a driver issue, but I couldn't find any drivers for linux anyway. Does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem is and how to solve it?

skittle · Feb 28, 2015

All Linux drivers are Built into the kernel. This has sort of a double edged sword. All drivers are dependent on kernel version so if you use older kernel (mint 17 is on kernel 3.13 more than a year old already; latest stable kernel is 3.19) with newer hardware, 3.13 predates your motherboard by a few months, then sometimes you have driver issues.

The good news is that it is easy to upgrade all drivers. Simply upgrade to Kernel 3.19.

You can download and compile the kernel from source. Or you can grab prebuilt images from the ubuntu archives. Someone has written a nice guide on how to do this:
http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/linux-kernel-3-19-stable-released-install-upgrade-in-ubuntu-linux-mint

Your other option is to use a different distrobution that already comes with a newer kernel like Fedora, ArchLinux, Ubuntu 15.04 (beta until april)... You will have a much better experience especially with the ATI graphics

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chetmaster12 · Feb 28, 2015

skittle :

All Linux drivers are Built into the kernel. This has sort of a double edged sword. All drivers are dependent on kernel version so if you use older kernel (mint 17 is on kernel 3.13 more than a year old already; latest stable kernel is 3.19) with newer hardware, 3.13 predates your motherboard by a few months, then sometimes you have driver issues.

The good news is that it is easy to upgrade all drivers. Simply upgrade to Kernel 3.19.

You can download and compile the kernel from source. Or you can grab prebuilt images from the ubuntu archives. Someone has written a nice guide on how to do this:
http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/linux-kernel-3-19-stable-released-install-upgrade-in-ubuntu-linux-mint

Your other option is to use a different distrobution that already comes with a newer kernel like Fedora, ArchLinux, Ubuntu 15.04 (beta until april)... You will have a much better experience especially with the ATI graphics

.

How about Ubuntu 14.04 (or whatever- 14.XX)? I already have a disk...

skittle · Mar 1, 2015

Linux mint is built from ubuntu. Ubuntu 14.04 also has kernel version 3.13. You are welcome to try but probably same issues you will have..

Aristotelian · Mar 2, 2015

I did a search of some Linux forums and it looks like this is a bug with your motherboard.

First, try upgrading your kernel to see if the bug has been fixed. You should be able to find a tutorial showing you how to do this. The latest stable kernel is 3.19.

If that does not work, try the workarounds on these threads to edit your modprobe.d configuration file.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2414782
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1321421

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