I think I have the same problem. When I start ubuntu with Quickcam 3500 it brokes my pulseaudio but when I unplug and plug again it works nice.
My syslog says: pulseaudio[1709]: alsa-mixer.c: Your kernel driver is broken: it reports a volume range from 23.00 dB to 23.00 dB which makes no sense I think that is a input mic problem. I have ubuntu karmic -- quickcam e3500 failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293409 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