On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 04:00 +0300, Lu Guanqun wrote: > Sorry to send it again, but as a second thought, isn't the annoying > noise a bug of underlying driver? I once met with a poorly written > driver that causes lots of unpleasant noises (though not in mixer > changing operation). At least the driver writer has done his best to get rid of the glitches. It very much looks like a hardware issue. I can't of course be sure that there's nothing that could be improved in the driver, so your point is valid. -- Tanu