Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

  1. Bug #445849
  2. Comment #83

Comment 83 for bug 445849

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Cliff1000000 (cliff1000000) wrote : Re: Highpitched Rattling like Sound with 5.1 Surround Configuration on Karmic Koala

I just found this out from another site.

OpenAL bug in Ubuntu, to fix -

In your home directory

create a text file:

~/.alsoftrc

and add the entry:
[general]
drivers = oss

It fixed my sound problem but now programs and Ubuntu crash randomly.
So I deleted the new file. Back to crashing sound.