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My PC makes a sound every time I move or open a window #38

Closed iiKovu closed 5 months ago

iiKovu commented 7 months ago

Platform

Arch Linux 6.8.8-arch1-1

GPU, drivers, and screen setup

Version: vgit-df4c6

Extensions:

Misc:

Drivers (inaccurate):

AMDGPU, Radeon

Backend: glx

Backend: egl

Configuration:

Basic config, almost default

Steps of reproduction

Enable animations, and when moving or opening a window, PC makes a sound. If I increase the "animation-stiffness-in-tag" value, sound when moving floating windows will be more silent with each increase.

Expected behavior

For it to not make a sound.

iiKovu commented 7 months ago

After doing some research, I think the sound is known as "coil whine". It happens only when doing stuff with the picom animations on.

mentalhub commented 6 months ago

After doing some research, I think the sound is known as "coil whine". It happens only when doing stuff with the picom animations on.

Do you have sound system installed? if so, you can check what sound "coil whine" signalling for in your settings. It potentially can make an error sound on some DE.

iiKovu commented 6 months ago

After doing some research, I think the sound is known as "coil whine". It happens only when doing stuff with the picom animations on.

Do you have sound system installed? if so, you can check what sound "coil whine" signalling for in your settings. It potentially can make an error sound on some DE.

The sound is coming from my PC, hardware I mean. I don't have any sound system nor a DE installed, just Xorg and bspwm.

mentalhub commented 6 months ago

Oh, i get it. So its sound of your video card under load and its not Picom related.

iiKovu commented 6 months ago

Oh, i get it. So its sound of your video card under load and its not Picom related.

I think it can be related. See, it happens just when I resize or move windows and the picom animations are enabled. My video card won't overload because of picom.

Ari-RERA-43 commented 5 months ago

Oh, i get it. So its sound of your video card under load and its not Picom related.

I think it can be related. See, it happens just when I resize or move windows and the picom animations are enabled. My video card won't overload because of picom.

I've had situations where when my GPU, a 2080 Super with a slight factory overclock, will have coil whine under slight load (but it's either not there or downed out by fan noise under heavier loads). This isn't a picom issue, it's just how your GPU is.