Closing per feedback from submitter. Furthermore, the default idle period for esd was changed in Dapper to 1 second (vs. 5 seconds in Breezy).
** Changed in: alsa-lib (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Low Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- Attempting to use ALSA's plug:surround51 virtual device results in errors in Ubuntu Breezy https://launchpad.net/bugs/26483 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs