Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) reached end-of-life on January 27, 2014.
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/1233204 Title: no sound device detected, even dummy output. and command line says: "pulseaudio: no process found" Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: no sound no sound device detected, even dummy output. command line says: "pulseaudio: no process found" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ratvas 5971 F.... chrome /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ratvas 5971 F...m chrome /dev/snd/timer: ratvas 5971 f.... chrome Date: Mon Sep 30 16:29:54 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-05 (56 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/30/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F13B dmi.board.name: M55S-S3 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF13B:bd11/30/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM55S-S3:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1233204/+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

