there was no kvm connect in your pulseaudio verbose log ,
do you get any sound or connection log if you select other backend alsa , pa, sdl, oss using QEMU_AUDIO_DRV ? http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/qemu- kvm/saucy/view/head:/audio/alsaaudio.c struct audio_driver alsa_audio_driver = { .name = "alsa", http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/qemu- kvm/saucy/view/head:/audio/paaudio.c struct audio_driver pa_audio_driver = { .name = "pa", http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/qemu- kvm/saucy/view/head:/audio/sdlaudio.c struct audio_driver sdl_audio_driver = { .name = "sdl", http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/qemu- kvm/saucy/view/head:/audio/ossaudio.c struct audio_driver oss_audio_driver = { .name = "oss", .descr = "OSS http://www.opensound.com", -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246929 Title: alsa bug in KVM virtual machines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1246929/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs