The volume control preferences uses pulseaudio at the backend, so the issue is to do with PulseAudio.
Could you please follow the instructions here, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log so we can get an idea of what is going on when pulseaudio loads. Thanks. ** Package changed: gnome-media (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu) -- Default input (mic) doesn't work until reselected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448329 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-media in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
