I was able to resolve this problem by changing out my sound card. I went from a Turtle Beach sound card to a Cobra sound card.
The Audio Chip on the Turtle Beach sound card is a AU8830A2 Dave -- Could not get/set settings from/on resource. https://launchpad.net/bugs/52396 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs