Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.
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/1598520 Title: [Inspiron 3543, Generic 0000 ID 0, Digital Out, HDMI] Pulseaudio fails to detect card Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: i have installed ubuntu 12.04 in my system.But when i play a song it is only playing through the earphones but not to outside.this is my problem Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic-pae 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 1: Intel_1 [HDA Intel], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: Intel_1 [HDA Intel], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: narendra 8415 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c: narendra 8415 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xaa214000 irq 63' Mixer name : 'Generic 0000 ID 0' Components : 'HDA:00000000,80860101,00100000' Controls : 0 Simple ctrls : 0 Card0.Amixer.values: Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Intel_1'/'HDA Intel at 0xaa210000 irq 63' Mixer name : 'Realtek ID 255' Components : 'HDA:10ec0255,10280654,00100002' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 3 Date: Sun Jul 3 07:54:08 2016 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI Title: [Inspiron 3543, Generic 0000 ID 0, Digital Out, HDMI] Pulseaudio fails to detect card UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0RG2FR dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd10/16/2015:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3543:pvrA07:rvnDellInc.:rn0RG2FR:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3543 dmi.product.version: A07 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1598520/+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

