Fixing The Popping Sound In Ubuntu Karmic

If you use Ubuntu Karmic Koala beta and have a Intel sound card, you must be hearing a popping sound every now and then. This is a known bug and here is a temporarily solution for it.

Press Alt + F2 and type:

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

And comment (add a "#" in front of it) the last line called "options snd-hda-intel power_save=10". Basically, this is how the line should look after editing it:

#options snd-hda-intel power_save=10

Then save the file.

For other Karmic Koala known bugs and work-arounds, see "My upgrade to Ubuntu Karmic Koala beta"