Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.
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/1122244 Title: [, Realtek ALC262, Speaker, Internal] Background noise or low volume Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sound is low... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic-pae 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: geek 1515 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: geek 1515 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf8300000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC262' Components : 'HDA:10ec0262,17aa3837,00100002 HDA:10573055,10573055,00100700' Controls : 30 Simple ctrls : 18 Date: Mon Feb 11 22:38:16 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Intel successful Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low Title: [, Realtek ALC262, Speaker, Internal] Background noise or low volume UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 05CN73WW(V3.11) dmi.board.name: IGT30 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: REFERENCE dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr05CN73WW(V3.11):bd07/15/2008:svnLENOVO:pn:pvr:rvnLENOVO:rnIGT30:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1122244/+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

