Comment 50 for bug 479296

I also have same problems.
I have an Intel quad core 2 with Nvidia 9600 graphic and Realtec sound.
I use karmic with the proprietary Nvidia 185 driver.
It seems to me that this is a very strange mixup of Nvidia 185 driver, Compiz Window/Desktop Effects and Pulseaudio.
On my computer I could definitely see this phenomena:
When deactivating the Compiz effects (but still using the Nvidia 185 driver) two things happen:
- I get a lot of more desktop sound effects (things I never heard in jaunty and intrepid!)
- this pulseaudio: ratelimit.c: XXX events suppressed messages are lesser and the counts within are smaller.
When activating the Compiz Window/Desktop effects:
- Most desktop sounds are gone
- The pulseaudio: ratelimit.c: XXX events suppressed comes more often and with much higher counts within.
It seems there is any kind of problem between Compiz and Pulseaudio.