I have been able to confirm both the problem and the solution put forward by Raymond.
-- 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/1136556 Title: [HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Black Headphone Out, Front] No sound at all Status in ALSA driver: New Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Headphones are not working at all. Worked in 12.10. Fresh install. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-8.17-generic 3.8.0 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 1 01:05:48 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130228) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Generic_1 successful Symptom_Card: Sisäinen äänentoisto - HD-Audio Generic Symptom_Jack: Black Headphone Out, Front Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Black Headphone Out, Front] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.18 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 180D dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 33.56 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.18:bd04/19/2012:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvr0691210000204610000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn180D:rvr33.56:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0691210000204610000620100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/alsa-driver/+bug/1136556/+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