I can confirm this is an issue on debian wheezy (old stable) partiall upgraded to Jessie (stable) on AMD64 KDE 4.8.4
-- 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/1023514 Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB, playback] No sound at all Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When Ubuntu starts sound is muted. After clicking on speaker icon I can then unmute the sound. I also have KDE installed on this machine. This does not happen when I run KDE. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1818S Analog [VT1818S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: nelse 8417 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: nelse 8417 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f4000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1818S' Components : 'HDA:11060440,10438416,00100000' Controls : 42 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe9ec000 irq 51' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Wed Jul 11 12:50:44 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB successful Symptom_Card: RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] - HDA ATI HDMI Symptom_DevicesInUse: 8417 8417 nelse F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: nelse F.... pulseaudio Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB, playback] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-01 (71 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1005 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4A87TD/USB3 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1005:bd08/24/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A87TD/USB3:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1023514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp