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[SOLVED] How to fix breaking/cracking audio on MSI X320 or similar Poulsbo chipset based laptops on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Though this fix was tested on an MSI X320 running Ubuntu 14.04, it should work fine on most other Poulsbo based devices. Please let me know your device make, model, if it did / did not work for you.

Just run this command in Terminal:

sudo echo "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Then restart for the settings to apply.

[SOLVED] How to fix the non-stop flow of mmc/mmc2 "Controller never released inhibit bit(s)" errors while booting Ubuntu Linux / LinuxMint on a Poulsbo chipset based laptop/desktop - tested on a MSI X320 laptop running Ubuntu 14.04

NOTE: Though this was originally tested on an MSI X320 laptop running fresh Ubuntu 14.04, it should work fine for other Ubuntu/LinuxMint versions as well.

If you used this fix on some other model/make, please let me know the result, and your laptop model/make using the Comments box below. Thanks!

Step 1:

First, run the following commands in Terminal to add the necessary blacklist lines:

MSI X320 Detailed Specs

Here's a detailed spec listing of the MSI X320 that I'm writing for my own references. This will be a work in progress. From the MSI Website:

Ubuntu on MSI X320

Note: this document is a work in progress. I'll be adding more info to this as I get more things to work.

I would love to see Ubuntu 11.04 booting up on my MSI-X320. But due to the way they have built this, it needs a bit of work to get things working.

Only Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx seems to work for now.
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal do not even boot into the Live CD.

Till some later kernels get the issues fixed, for now, I'll start with Ubuntu 10.04.

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