did you plug all your 5.1 speakers ? the main problem are the Jack state of the rear Mic jack and line in Jack become true and pulseaudio caanot determine the default source
control.34 { iface CARD name 'Rear Mic Jack' value false comment { access read type BOOLEAN count 1 } } control.35 { iface CARD name 'Line Jack' value false comment { access read type BOOLEAN count 1 } } -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371963 Title: cannot set default audio device with alsa (pulse audio disabled, can only get audio to work in VLC) Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Not very literate in Linux, had to disable Pulse Audio to get 5.1 sound to work. VLC will playback audio just fine by selecting sound card within the application. No/incorrect default sound card for system, cannot change through Gnome ALSA mixer. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-26.45-generic 3.11.10.12 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-26-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: king-clark 3060 F.... gnome-alsamixer /dev/snd/controlC1: king-clark 3060 F.... gnome-alsamixer /dev/snd/controlC0: king-clark 3060 F.... gnome-alsamixer CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Sep 20 14:11:11 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-03 (290 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-17 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V32.12 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: G41M-P33 Combo(MS-7592) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 7.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 7.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV32.12:bd09/13/2013:svnMSI:pnMS-7592:pvr7.0:rvnMSI:rnG41M-P33Combo(MS-7592):rvr7.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr7.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7592 dmi.product.version: 7.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1371963/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp