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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075034 Title: sound card not detected by pulseaudio Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have a pandora PX5D usb sound device which works perfectly with ubuntu most of the time. Sometimes it fails to show up as an available sound input/output in the sound indicator, but alsa will still recognize the device and aplay will let me send audio to it without problems. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:2.1-0ubuntu4 [modified: usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input.conf] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: lucio 2584 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: lucio 2584 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: lucio 2584 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/seq: lucio 24665 F.... java Date: Mon Nov 5 01:49:54 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-29 (220 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (13 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/06/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.name: P55M-UD2 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd11/06/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP55M-UD2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP55M-UD2:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: P55M-UD2 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1075034/+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