This problem is an usability issue too. There is no way (or I can't find any) that a casual user could fix the hardware muted channel issue using graphical gnome-volume-control application and applet. Going through terminal and alsamixer may be a showstopper.
-- [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
