Audio not working on eeebuntu

[superaLeZap]

After a few minutes of playing on an EEE PC 900 (with eeebuntu), the screen flashes and the audio stops working. Pressing alt-tab makes the screen flash again while it tries to switch application, the audio gets back to work but after another minute or so it flashes again and stops... Is it because I'm using eeebuntu? Getting back to Xandros could solve the problem?

[KingAl]

Are you using any other programs trying to use the audio device? An IM program, for example?

[bert_the_turtle]

Sounds like it. The flash could indicate some other program is also trying to get input focus and screen space, but is rudely overruled. On Windows, when Defcon loses input focus, sound is automatically turned off; some combinations of X/Window Manager Of Your Choice sometimes send wrong focus loss/gain events, especially when the screensaver kicks in.

Maybe disabling the screen saver helps?

[superaLeZap]

Are you using any other programs trying to use the audio device? An IM program, for example?

Sounds like it. The flash could indicate some other program is also trying to get input focus and screen space, but is rudely overruled. On Windows, when Defcon loses input focus, sound is automatically turned off; some combinations of X/Window Manager Of Your Choice sometimes send wrong focus loss/gain events, especially when the screensaver kicks in.

Maybe disabling the screen saver helps?

There aren't other programs running that I'm aware of, and the screen saver is disabled (as any other power-saving setting), but I've just noticed that as long as I move the mouse nothing happens, when I stop it the screen flashes and the audio goes out, doesn't matter if connected or not to the power.

[nolanjurgens]

I had the same issue on regular Ubuntu (64-bit) and changing the screen option "Windowed" to "Yes" fixed it for me. It still looks full screen when I set it to the max resolution, so if that works you really don't lose anything.