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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 Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1484684 Title: [Inspiron 3542, Generic 0000 ID 0, Digital Out, HDMI] Pulseaudio fails to detect card Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I had no sound after upgrading ubuntu 12.04 LTS using sudo apt-get upgrade. In the window Sound settings there is no device through which sound can be played. Alsamixer says that this sound device does not have any controls. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-61.90-generic 3.5.7.33 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-61-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: milan 2536 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7a14000 irq 60' 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 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7a10000 irq 60' Mixer name : 'Realtek ID 255' Components : 'HDA:10ec0255,10280652,00100002' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 3 Date: Thu Aug 13 22:24:57 2015 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20130203-1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130203-13:50 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI Title: [Inspiron 3542, Generic 0000 ID 0, Digital Out, HDMI] Pulseaudio fails to detect card UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/27/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0926J6 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A03 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd05/27/2014:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3542:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0926J6:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3542 dmi.product.version: Not Specified dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1484684/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

