Re: : Which process is using which audio playback device?

ted leslie <[email protected]> Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:29:11 -0400
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If you use TLP on Kubuntu, there are some reports of that causing issue
like you mention.

-tl


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Andrej Marjan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, a quick question with hopefully a quick answer though I haven't
> turned up anything useful yet in my searches.
>
> My laptop is running Kubuntu 14.04. In the KDE System Settings I've set
> the default audio device to be HDMI out and everything I run is respecting
> that setting.
>
> However, once every 10-20 minutes or so, something is playing a clicking
> sound through the laptop speakers. It's not a uniform interval and it's not
> correlated to any user inputs - I can't figure out a pattern to it.
>
> How can I audit the use of the audio devices in this system to figure out
> what's doing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrej
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier =
new,monospace;font-size:small">If you use TLP on Kubuntu, there are some re=
ports of that causing issue like you mention.</div><div class=3D"gmail_defa=
ult" style=3D"font-family:courier new,monospace;font-size:small">

<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier new,mon=
ospace;font-size:small">-tl</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Andrej Marjan <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">a=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hello, a qui=
ck question with hopefully a quick answer though I haven&#39;t turned up an=
ything useful yet in my searches.<br>

<br></div>My laptop is running Kubuntu 14.04. In the KDE System Settings I&=
#39;ve set the default audio device to be HDMI out and everything I run is =
respecting that setting.<br>

<br>However, once every 10-20 minutes or so, something is playing a clickin=
g sound through the laptop speakers. It&#39;s not a uniform interval and it=
&#39;s not correlated to any user inputs - I can&#39;t figure out a pattern=
 to it.<br>


<br></div>How can I audit the use of the audio devices in this system to fi=
gure out what&#39;s doing this?<br><br></div>Thanks,<br><br>Andrej <br>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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