Can you post the pulse audio log when the server is probing the sound cards ?
your cs46xx have dual ac97 codecs (primary and secondary) which created duplicated volume controls , center and lfe controls with index=1 it look like pa server is not able to control the volume control -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009802 Title: [CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx, playback] fails after a while To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1009802/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs