Public bug reported: I have a 2006 vintage Mac-Pro 1,1. The audio has worked fine from 12.04 through 18.04, but upon upgrade to 18.10 it no longer functions at all. The kernel seems to detect the hadware okay:
hwinfo --sound 22: PCI 1b.0: 0403 Audio device [Created at pci.378] Unique ID: u1Nb.8PjrOxLnqG6 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1b.0 Hardware Class: sound Model: "Intel 631xESB/632xESB High Definition Audio Controller" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x269a "631xESB/632xESB High Definition Audio Controller" Revision: 0x09 Driver: "snd_hda_intel" Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel" Memory Range: 0xf2f00000-0xf2f03fff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 36 (119384 events) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d0000269Asv00000000sd00000000bc04sc03i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown But there is no sound output, pavucontrol does not show ANY hardware to configure. I have purged and reinstalled both pulseaudio and alsa to noavail, I"ve force reloaded alsa, I've restarted pulseaudio. Nothing makes the hardware show up in pavucontrol and there is no audio output. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:12.2-0ubuntu4 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-lowlatency x86_64 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon Oct 22 04:11:54 2018 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: pulseaudio dmi.bios.date: 07/02/07 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. dmi.bios.version: MP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-F4208DC8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4208DC8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleComputer,Inc.:bvrMP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348:bd07/02/07:svnAppleComputer,Inc.:pnMacPro2,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4208DC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleComputer,Inc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4208DC8: dmi.product.family: MacPro dmi.product.name: MacPro2,1 dmi.product.sku: System SKU# dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1799203 Title: Kernel Detects Sound Chip but PulseAudio does not Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a 2006 vintage Mac-Pro 1,1. The audio has worked fine from 12.04 through 18.04, but upon upgrade to 18.10 it no longer functions at all. The kernel seems to detect the hadware okay: hwinfo --sound 22: PCI 1b.0: 0403 Audio device [Created at pci.378] Unique ID: u1Nb.8PjrOxLnqG6 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1b.0 Hardware Class: sound Model: "Intel 631xESB/632xESB High Definition Audio Controller" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x269a "631xESB/632xESB High Definition Audio Controller" Revision: 0x09 Driver: "snd_hda_intel" Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel" Memory Range: 0xf2f00000-0xf2f03fff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 36 (119384 events) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d0000269Asv00000000sd00000000bc04sc03i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown But there is no sound output, pavucontrol does not show ANY hardware to configure. I have purged and reinstalled both pulseaudio and alsa to noavail, I"ve force reloaded alsa, I've restarted pulseaudio. Nothing makes the hardware show up in pavucontrol and there is no audio output. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:12.2-0ubuntu4 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-lowlatency x86_64 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon Oct 22 04:11:54 2018 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: pulseaudio dmi.bios.date: 07/02/07 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. dmi.bios.version: MP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-F4208DC8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4208DC8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleComputer,Inc.:bvrMP21.88Z.007F.B06.0707021348:bd07/02/07:svnAppleComputer,Inc.:pnMacPro2,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4208DC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleComputer,Inc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4208DC8: dmi.product.family: MacPro dmi.product.name: MacPro2,1 dmi.product.sku: System SKU# dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. 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