you have to post the pulseaudio log to find out why the analog out is removed
most likely pulseaudio can not find speaker playback volume and remove the analog out stereo ports: analog-output-headphones;output-amplifier-on: Headphones / Amplifier (priority 9010, available: unknown) properties: analog-output-headphones;output-amplifier-off: Headphones / No Amplifier (priority 9000, available: unknown) properties: analog-input-microphone: Microphone (priority 8700, available: unknown) properties: analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, available: unknown) properties: analog-input: Analog Input (priority 8000, available: unknown) properties: analog-input-video: Video (priority 7000, available: unknown) properties: iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, available: unknown) properties: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1135902 Title: [ICH4 - Intel ICH6, playback] No sound at all To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1135902/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs