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Cracking sound when shutdown

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Description

Distribution

Mint 22 Cinnamon

Package version

6.2.9

Graphics hardware in use

Ryzen 5

Frequency

Always

Bug description

When I turn off my computer I hear a loud crack sound on my speakers. The issue is alerady described here:

Steps to reproduce

I have a ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 AMD, I believe this is a problem that obviosuly does not happen on all devices.

Expected behavior

I expect that there are not strong cracking noise when I turn off my pc.

Additional information

Current work around is to shutdown the pc using this command:

amixer -q -D pulse sset Master mute
shutdown now

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First steps

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  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source file or test is identified in the issue. Start by reproducing the shutdown behavior on the listed ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 AMD running Mint 22 Cinnamon, and compare it with the provided amixer workaround. Done means shutdown no longer produces the loud speaker crack without requiring that workaround.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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