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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 Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991034 Title: [imedia S3800, Realtek ALC888, SPDIF Out, Internal] Pulseaudio fails to detect card Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sometimes the sound deamon does not work at all bafetr start up. Other times works fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: carles 1856 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: carles 1856 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: carles 1856 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbdf4000 irq 51' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10250344,00100202' Controls : 43 Simple ctrls : 21 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x8c3'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x8c3 at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.4, high speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:08c3' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum Capture channels: Mono Limits: Capture 0 - 3072 Mono: Capture 1536 [50%] [24.00dB] [on] Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfbebc000 irq 52' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card2.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sun Apr 29 13:10:23 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Daemon not responding. SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel Symptom_Jack: SPDIF Out, Internal Title: [imedia S3800, Realtek ALC888, SPDIF Out, Internal] Pulseaudio fails to detect card UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/03/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P01-B1 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: FIH57 dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-B1:bd04/03/2010:svnPackardBell:pnimediaS3800:pvr:rvnPackardBell:rnFIH57:rvr:cvnPackardBell:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: imedia S3800 dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/991034/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp