[CentOS] Stuttering sound

[James Pearson]

Eduardo Grosclaude wrote:
> Dear List,
> After some googling around without any results, I'm quite puzzled. Since
> some past update I can't precise, kernel 2.6.164 works fine, however 2.6.194
> has some sound problem in my somewhat old and beaten Toshiba laptop.
> 
> -Audacious plays OK but other applications have problems.
> -For instance, mplayer acts quirky: when I pause a playing video, sound
> keeps stuttering endlessly. The same happens sometimes when I close mplayer
> window.
> -system-config-soundcard detects the card and starts to play sample but
> stuttering all the way, repeating every 4th of a second or so some 16 times,
> at about a 1/2 second rate.
> -Youtube has no sound!
> -Software volume control has been lost long ago, unrelated to this problem
> but interested in recovery anyway
> 
> System is fully up to date. Any hints will be appreciated!
> 
> Some relevant lines in my /etc/modprobe.conf as is now, with some scars left
> after unfruitful battles:
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> #options snd-card-0 index=0
> #options snd-hda-intel index=0
> remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
> options snd-hda-intel model=auto
> options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1
> options snd cards_limit=8

You could changing model=auto to model=toshiba

You might also try removing the probe_mask=1 line

James Pearson