Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 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/1611055 Title: module-alsa-sink fails to load on session start-up Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Starting a Yakkety Unity session, PulseAudio fails to load module- alsa-sink, so the only sound output available is the Dummy Output. Killing PulseAudio and letting it re-spawn a second time loads module- alsa-sink properly, fixing the sound. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1611055/+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
