the easy work around is to use emulated hda instead of emulated ac97
specify snd-hda-intel model=intel-mac-v3 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/Documentation/sound/alsa /HD-Audio-Models.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/virtualbox/+bug/1487168/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs