Have recently changed my PC.
Had an Optiplex 9020 MT, have upgraded to an Optiplex 9060 SFF.
Swapped the drives over (1TB SDD boot/OS, 3TB General Data), and everything working fine, except for the clicking when anything happens ie web page refreshes, program opens, email is received, etc.
Just a very short/sharp “click”.
Have obviously made sure a dup has been done, etc.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Which DE are you running?
For KDE try settings, Sound, Notification Sounds.
Thanks,
But it’s not an actual sound, it’s just a very short crackle.
Just as the OS connects the sound to the activated program??
Running plasma…
What happens if you run a program from the command prompt (Konsole) like ls. If that gives nothing, try something like “stress-ng --random 5 --timeout 3”, you might have to install stress-ng.
Neither of those did it.
Normally it is when a dialogue pops up/application comes to the front/something changes, just a very short/sharp (and VERY annoying!), click.
eg Thunderbird pops up a message about mail etc…
Have a read of this
thread.
The OP in that thread described
It seems like there is a delay before the sound starts to play so if a short sound nothing gets heard.
I just did the test where you click on the two speakers and the first one I did was Front Right but all I heard was Right it missed the Front bit, however then trying either speaker you hear all of the voice saying Front Right or Front Left every time. If I close the test and reopen it the exact same thing happens on the first speaker I test!
This may or may not be what you are experiencing. We were able to eliminate the sound suspending, which was responsible for the strange audio, effectively due to missing the beginning of audible notifications etc.
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No, would imagine different issue. Mine is simply a “crackle” when starting programs/Dialogue boxes popping up, etc.
Have tried to record (apparently can’t use Simple Screen recorder, in Wayland), so have just recorded audio of a couple of progs starting (Vivaldi, Kodi)
Thanks.
Interesting, I played Crackle.mp3 from the browser and heard a louder crack then was on the recording, did run it again and did not hear loader crack just what is on the .mp3. Then downloaded it and had it open with Audacity and the same louder crack even without playing the sample.
For me it has to do with the wireless headset I am using, after some time (few seconds) it goes to sleep and when new audio comes in it will wake up with a crack. Probable already present for a long time but never noticed as I typically use the headset only for “continuous” music.
So for me it for sure has to do with things going to sleep and waking up.
After more testing I realized my BT headset was in a mode that it is sometimes, being non-A2DP with poor audio, that was not clear testing Crackle.mp3. I can “solve” that by power-cycling the BT headset and testing after that running A2DP mode I do not longer have the problem. So that explains why I never really heard the crack but hopefully this “non-A2DP” experience helps pinpoint the problem.
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Yeah could be similar, but, never happened before with my previous computer.
Would be nice to be able to fix it!
Thanks.
To fix it it would be good to know what kind of audio setup you have. Also do hear the crackle if you do two things within 3 seconds, for me the headset seemed to go into “sleep” after ~3 seconds.
Also, if you turn down the volume to zero are then the cracks gone?
Audio setup? Whatever is the default with Tumbleweed…
Getting a bit confused here…
Get the crackle ‘mainly’ with notifications, but also with ‘some’ applcations when they start. Apparently the notifications in Tumbleweed have changed recently(?), as if I now go to my notifications widget in the panel, it is shown as disabled, and get a message saying that notifications are now handled by “ErikReiderSwayNotificationCenter”?
Can’t find anything in the processes that vaguely resembles this? Which, I am assuming, should be running all the time?
And in settings: “Notifications are currently provided by ‘ErikReider SwayNotificationCenter’ instead of Plasma.”
I’m (fairly) sure I didn’t set this up??
Thanks.
With audio setup I did mean external speakers, if so which or a headset (which) or … you also did not answer my question about setting the volume to zero.
Likely the notification widget changed as part of the migration to plasma 6
You seems to be rightfully surprised to find a “ErikReiderSwayNotificationCenter”. Can you share what you see using a screenshot?
Yep, Desktop speakers - Edifier R1700BT (Not bad, BTW!)
Volume to zero - yes, can still hear it! (That was unexpected…)
Screenshot:
Thanks.
Okay BT speakers, that could well be related. To rule things 100% out, can you power down the speakers and see if you still hear the cracks?
Are you running Wayland? Did you run X11 before? I see Sway is a Wayland compositor.
Thanks for the screenshot a bit searching revealed:
No, not BT. OK, they are, but I am just using the AUX input on them.
Yes, running Wayland (default with Tumbleweed??)
And I’m sure I didn’t manually install the ErikReiderSwayNotificationCenter.
No power to speakers - no crackle…
Thanks.
So in the end it has to do with the speakers. It are active speakers and like all household electronica there requirements on the power it consumes when it is doing nothing and that means some kind of sleep mode. What you likely hear is is leaving sleep mode. Still strange it appeared upgrading things.
On wayland/X!!, not sure what is the default but I am running still X11 on Tumbleweed so that is for sure possible and would be good to do to rule out this ErikReiderSwayNotificationCenter
The OP never explicitly mentioned which desktop of choice they were using, but based on that notification centre being present I assume Sway.
Ok, just about done my head in (literal AND figurative…)
Plug a set of headphones in (not active), at the same time, get ‘some’ of the clicking, but not all…
So it is NOT just active speakers.
Same deal in X11. Don’t know why I have just heard this, but now that I have, can’t “unhear” it - bloody annoying!
Anyways, looks like I will have to put up with it…
Give up…
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