[15:55] <Ricardus> So I installed US on a Lenovo laptop 5 or 6 months ago, and everything worked fine, and then after an update, not sure which one, the audio through my Scarlett 2i2 sound chirpy and distorted.
[16:13] <Eickmeyer> Scarletts can be picky on Linux, but not impossible. I don't own one. Unfortunately, you'll probably not get much help here.
[16:13] <Eickmeyer> !morehelp | Ricardus 
[16:14] <Ricardus> If I unplug the interface and just listen through the laptop speaker or earbuds with the 1/8th jack it sounds fine. THis happens when I used a regular media player like audacious, or when I opened an Ardour or Mixbus session as well running JACK
[16:15] <Ricardus> eickmeyer it was working like a week ago. Thats the weird thing
[16:16] <Eickmeyer> Ricardus: It's hard to know what changed as we don't maintain every part of the system, most of it is done by Canonical or other parts of Ubuntu.
[16:16] <Eickmeyer> I highly suggest you check those channels since they might actually have similar hardware.
[16:17] <OvenWerks> I would expect that is either kernel or alsa... unless there is a firmware dl for that unit.
[16:18] <OvenWerks> Ricardus: have you tried booting with an older kernel that may still be installed?
[16:18] <Ricardus> Its frustating since it was working not long ago.
[16:18] <Ricardus> OvenWerks, I can try that
[16:18] <OvenWerks> very
[16:19] <Ricardus> I also might have a mastering gig in a week and I need a working machine.  :-)
[16:19] <Ricardus> I'll ask in those other channels as well.
[16:20] <Ricardus> OvenWerks, I'll try the previous kernel in a bit and let you know
[16:20] <OvenWerks> ok
[16:38] <Ricardus> OvenWerks, isn't holding shift down supposed to give me the GRUB menu?
[16:38] <Ricardus> when booting?
[16:43] <Eickmeyer> Ricardus: Either left shift or right shift, depending on hardware. Or interrupt the boot process by forcing a reset can force it to appear on the next try.
[16:47] <Ricardus> eickmeyer neither shift worked.
[16:50] <Eickmeyer> Ricardus: It's about timing. Some hardware won't detect your shift key if it's held down during the initial boot, but will once the boot screen shows. It can be tricky.
[16:50] <Eickmeyer> Unfortunately, that's the only way to get Grub to show short of doing the mid-boot reset trick, which isn't recommended.
[16:50] <Ricardus> eickmeyer ok, thanks