One of the minor problems I've had since making the switch to ubuntu on a mac has been the static noises coming from the speakers. It's not loud and if there is any ambient noise around, it is almost impossible to hear, however after a bit of googling, I came across
this post which suggests a fix which worked for me. In summary:
- Run the following from a terminal to create an init script:
echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nrmmod snd-hda-intel\nmodprobe snd-hda-intel' |
sudo tee /etc/init.d/soundrestart
- Make the script executable by running:
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/soundrestart
- Set the init script to run early in the startup sequence
sudo update-rc.d soundrestart start 10 2 3 4 5 .
You will need to restart for the changes to take effect. Should this not resolve your problem, it can be reverted by running the following from the terminal:
sudo update-rc.d -f soundrestart remove &&
sudo rm /etc/init.d/soundrestart
