Tako Schotanus wrote, On 08/07/2010 01:06 PM: > I have this strange problem where in some applications (for example > Penumbra Overture or Chromium) audio will stutter unless I have the > Volume Control running. > I run it and the stuttering goes away, I close it and it comes back again. That is probably because the volume control enforces frequent wake-ups of PA and a low buffer size - and that do for some reason make your audio applications work. If the applications uses PA correctly then it is probably a ALSA driver issue. (I have seen a similar issue with the OSS emulation in PA.) /Mads