did some more work on this and installed udevdiscover application below is the output for the soundcard
Subsystem: pci Devtype: n/a Name: 0000:80:01.0 Number: 0 Sysfs_path: /sys/devices/pci0000:80/0000:80:01.0 Driver: HDA Intel Action: n/a Seqnum: n/a Device type: n/a Device number: 0 Device file: n/a Device file symlinks: n/a this is the actual device Audio Device VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001987 Title: 12.04 dummy output sound device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1001987/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
