Fedora 40 & Steam sound error

When using the fedora and the 40 steam, the sound crackles and crackles like a 1950s radio. WoT Blitz is unplayable!

I tried both sources, same problem (flatpak, rpmfusion)

But on Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, the games run beautifully on almost identical systems, the gameplay is smoother and the sound is wonderful.

Is that why I need to install another Linux?
Has anyone had a similar problem?
There is a solution?

I run stream, installed from rpmfusion, on F40 and sound works with no quality issues.

How did you install Steam?

To help us understand your system please post the output of inxi -Fzxx as pre-formmated text, using the </> button in the tool bar for the post editor.

You will need to install inxi.

Hi!
Instal rpmfusion package, but I tried both sources.

System:
  Kernel: 6.9.12-200.fc40.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.41-37.fc40
  Console: pty pts/1 wm: gnome-shell DM: GDM Distro: Fedora Linux 40
    (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: FUJITSU product: ESPRIMO P520 v: N/A serial: <filter>
    Chassis: type: 6 v: C$WH01 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: FUJITSU model: D3220-A1 v: S26361-D3220-A1 serial: <filter>
    part-nu: S26361-Kxxx-Vyyy UEFI: FUJITSU // American Megatrends v: 4.6.5.4
    R1.47.0 for D3220-A1x date: 08/26/2019
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-4570 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell
    rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1147 high: 1874 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 947 2: 972
    3: 1874 4: 798 bogomips: 25542
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 555.58.02 arch: Turing pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 ports: active: none
    off: DP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 81
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: LG (GoldStar) MP59G
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 diag: 690mm (27.2")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 555.58.02 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D /
    Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0012
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
  API: ALSA v: k6.9.12-200.fc40.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82574L Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:10d3
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.22 TiB used: 773.49 GiB (34.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 29 C
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKX-07U6AA0
    size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 38 C
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50
    size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 34 C
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Crucial model: CT960BX500SSD1 size: 894.25 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 39 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.33 TiB used: 772.87 GiB (56.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdd3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 612.1 MiB (62.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdd2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdd1
  ID-4: /home size: 1.33 TiB used: 772.87 GiB (56.9%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sdd3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 66.0 C mobo: 31.6 C gpu: nvidia
    temp: 39 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1122 fan-2: 1180 gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.06
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.28 GiB used: 3.67 GiB (24.0%)
  Processes: 369 Power: uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: flatpak pkgs: 217 Compilers: clang: 18.1.6 gcc: 14.1.1
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.34

I have no sound problems with other applications, it sounds nice.

That is good to know. I am using Intel HD audio that is on the motherboard.
Maybe there is an issue with the Sound Baster card’s driver?

Do the games run at a reasonable frame rate?

I am wondering if you have problem with running out of CPU or GPU resources and that stops the sound being processed.

At this time, I am running steam WoT Blitz on my OpenSUSE, there is no problem with the sound. Tthe sound does not crackle or crackle.
But Fedora favorit Linux:(

 Kernel: 6.10.2-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
  Console: pty pts/1 DM: GDM Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240801
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: FUJITSU product: ESPRIMO P520 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 6
    v: C$WH01 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: FUJITSU model: D3220-A1 v: S26361-D3220-A1 serial: <filter> part-nu: S26361-Kxxx-Vyyy
    UEFI: FUJITSU // American Megatrends v: 4.6.5.4 R1.47.0 for D3220-A1x date: 08/26/2019
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-4570 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell rev: 3 cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3380 high: 3427 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 3418 2: 3427 3: 3416 4: 3259
    bogomips: 25554
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 550.100
    arch: Turing pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 ports: active: none off: DP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82
  Display: unspecified server: X.org v: 1.21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
    alternate: nouveau,nv gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch tty: 162x43
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: LG (GoldStar) MP59G res: 1920x1080 dpi: 81 diag: 690mm (27.2")
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console for root.
  API: EGL Message: EGL data unavailable in console, eglinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series BlasterX AE-5
    Plus] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 1102:0012
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4
    bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.2-1-default status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 status: n/a (root, process) with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82574L Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:10d3
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.22 TiB used: 87.37 GiB (3.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKX-07U6AA0 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Crucial model: CT960BX500SSD1 size: 894.25 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 910.39 GiB used: 87.36 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.8 MiB (1.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-3: /home size: 910.39 GiB used: 87.36 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-4: /opt size: 910.39 GiB used: 87.36 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-5: /var size: 910.39 GiB used: 87.36 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 74.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 5.34 GiB (34.4%)
  Processes: 291 Power: uptime: 0h 47m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 165 Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: pty pts/1 inxi: 3.3.35

Test default audio but not work, no soud.

Audio type On board
Audio codec Realtek ALC671
Audio features Internal speaker supports audio playback (optional), High Definition Audio, 5.1 surround sound

 inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D /
    Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus] driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: active

I am also experiencing the same issue (In my case, some times the audio shuts down when opening any proton game and other times the audio starts to crackle).

Here is the output of inxi -Fzxx:

System:
  Kernel: 6.11.5-300.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.43.1-2.fc41
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.2 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (KDE Plasma)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 N6506MV_N6506MV
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: N6506MV v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: N6506MV.306 date: 04/17/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 75.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 75.7/75.0 Wh (100.9%)
    volts: 17.6 min: 15.9 model: S560647 serial: <filter> status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (6-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 9 185H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP arch: Meteor Lake rev: 4 cache: 24 MiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4500 min/max: 400/4800:5100:3800:2500 cores: 1: 4500
    2: 4500 3: 4500 4: 4500 5: 4500 6: 4500 7: 4500 8: 4500 9: 4500 10: 4500
    11: 4500 12: 4500 13: 4500 14: 4500 15: 4500 16: 4500 17: 4500 18: 4500
    19: 4500 20: 4500 21: 4500 22: 4500 bogomips: 135168
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-13 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d55
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 560.35.03 arch: Lovelace ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
    empty: eDP-2 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28a0
  Device-3: Shinetech ASUS 5M WebCam driver: hid-sensor-hub,usbhid,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-9:3 chip-ID: 3277:0058
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: N/A d-rect: 3360x1890 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,top-left res: 1920x1080 size: N/A
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: bottom-r res: 1440x810 size: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris
    device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.5 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Arc Graphics (MTL)
    device-ID: 8086:7d55 display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.296 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
    type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:7d55 device: 1
    type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:28a0 device: 2 type: cpu
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7e28
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD107 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be
  Device-3: Logitech Blue Microphones
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-5.2:8 chip-ID: 046d:0ab7
  API: ALSA v: k6.11.5-300.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2d:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp45s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:2e:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725
  IF: wlp46s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0032
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
    lmp-v: 12
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel
    driver: vmd v: 0.6 bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:7d0b
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 26.01 GiB (2.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: MTFDKBA1T0QFM-1BD1AABGB
    size: 953.87 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 43.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 952.28 GiB used: 25.6 GiB (2.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 389.4 MiB (40.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 952.28 GiB used: 25.6 GiB (2.7%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.04 GiB used: 8.02 GiB (53.4%)
  Processes: 518 Power: uptime: 15m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.32 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36

In my case, when a youtube video is playing, when opening a game the audio crashes, and upon closing it, the audio begins to cackle. If there is no other application with audio, the steam game audio works normally,

Added 3rd-party-software, steam, wine