From b095f5e87feaec533588e517976f29dc00f99acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quad Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:32:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document speaker pops --- docs/Quirks.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/Quirks.md b/docs/Quirks.md index d6b2eca..bdd5b26 100644 --- a/docs/Quirks.md +++ b/docs/Quirks.md @@ -17,3 +17,16 @@ The vast majority of software can handle you unplugging your gamepad and pluggin ## Startup / Shutdown takes a while For some reason the GPD Win 3 takes almost a minute to shut down or start up. Not sure if it's because Ubuntu hangs at some step or similar. Haven't cared too much since suspending and waking from sleep is still relatively fast. + +## Speaker often "pops" when starting audio playback + +This is a hardware "issue". The speakers in the Win 3 simply make a pop when they receive a new signal and get activated. +I only encountered this issue on Arch Linux for some reason, not on Ubuntu. + +To workaround this, edit `/etc/pulse/default.pa` and comment out the following line: + +``` +load-module module-suspend-on-idle +``` + +When you comment out that line, Pulseaudio should no longer put the sound card into standby when no audio has been played for a while, and instead keeps it active. This might cause a slight increase in power consumption but should get rid of the pops when starting/stopping playback.