post the pulseaudio verbose log do your computer chassis have HDA front audio panel or AC97 front audio panel ?
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-015851.htm https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/plain/Documentation/sound/alsa /HD-Audio.txt - jack_detect (bool): specify whether the jack detection is available at all on this machine; default true - trigger_sense (bool): indicates that the jack detection needs the explicit call of AC_VERB_SET_PIN_SENSE verb you can try specify hint by dynamic reconfiguration or early patching trigger_sense = false or jack_detect = false -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1002480 Title: [Asus P8P67, Realtek ALC892, playback] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1002480/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs