Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) reached end-of-life on October 28, 2012.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805492 Title: [ICH4 - Intel ICH5, playback] No sound at all Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I go to sound preferences the test of my device (standard analog out) works fine on both channels but no applications are able to play sound. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: phil 1496 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'ICH5'/'Intel ICH5 with AD1981B at irq 17' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B' Components : 'AC97a:41445374' Controls : 34 Simple ctrls : 23 Date: Mon Jul 4 09:52:26 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:ICH5 successful Symptom_Card: Internal Audio - Intel ICH5 Symptom_DevicesInUse: 1496 Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [ICH4 - Intel ICH5, playback] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/09/2004 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2001 dmi.board.name: P4SD-VL dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: P12200000000B03B8108B89578E9 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: US dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2001:bd04/09/2004:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGC-RA710G(UC):pvr28478433:rvnASUSTekComputerInc.:rnP4SD-VL:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrUS: dmi.product.name: VGC-RA710G(UC) dmi.product.version: 28478433 dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/805492/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

