My 12.04 had same problem. I fixed it with part of Pavel Fisher's solution above. Here is what I did:
1) disable autospawn: /etc/pulse/client.conf -> autospawn = no 2) kill pulse: pulseaudio --kill 3) go to Ubuntu Software Centre. Remove pulseaudio then install it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860251 Title: switching between speakers and headphone doesn't work with Aus Xonar To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/860251/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs