No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found.

This is what I get when I double-click the speaker icon for the first time.
After the first time, when I double-click the icon again, I only get the small window.

Thanks for your report. Which sound card do you have? The sound works fine for me, that's probably another issue. Are you in the right groups?

I looked into Sysinfo 0.7 and it says under Multimedia Audio Controller:
-nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
-Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 81f6

What do you mean by right groups?

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I have the same bug. I was on Feitsy with no problems, then when i upgraded to Gutsy with update-manager -d, this bug appear.
lspci is : Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
It seams that a lot of people have no sound, no audio group and no /dev/dsp/ and /dev/esd directory depending of the version of linux kernel, width Intel audio card (and other cards, if i read this topic...).

Is this bug a knowing bug ? I don't understand why is on a Low Importance, with status incomplete and no assigned because you can find this bug repport on many board at many date.

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J'ai le même bug. J'était sous Feisty sans jamais n'avoir eu aucun problême, puis lorsque je suis passé à Gutsy avec update-manager -d, ce bug est apparu.
mon lspci : Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Aparement un nombre important de personnes n'ont pas de sons, pas groupe audio, ni de dossier /dev/dsp/ et /dev/esd suivant la version du noyaux linux, avec des cartes audio Intel (et aparrement d'autres cartes, comme je peut le lire dans ce sujet).

Est-ce que ce bug est connu ? Je ne comprend pas pourquoi il est ici en Low Importance, avec un Status Incomplete et non Assigné, car vous pouvez trouver d'autre repport de ce même bug sur plusieurs forum at des dates différentes, ce qui signifie que pas mal de personnes en "souffre".

That's not likely a gstreamer bug, likely the soundcard is not correctly handled by alsa or linux

I also upgrade from feisty to gutsy and no longer have my onboard sound device working properly.
What is the best output for me to get and post here to help diagnose?

I couldn't reach my computer for the past 2 weeks, but the latest update fixed my sound problem.
So, as far as I'm concerned, this bug can be closed.

I still have the same problem, I have an HDA intel sound driver

I have the same issue. Within the last week my sound disappeared. I have dapper, 6.06. My sound card is:
ler: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)

woops - after more reading of similar problems, I found that I had removed myself from the 'audio' /etc/group. I added myself and now I have sound.

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

I am having the same exact problem, I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 and just updated to Hardy Heron 8.04 and have no sound. Tried many things to try and get it to work, software downloads galore and nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also I am new to the Linux environment so if I don't get something right away please be patient, I am learning as fast as I can.

Thank You
Steve
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I attached a screen shot I hope you can see it.

Steve - run alsamixer from a command line shell and make sure your outputs are not muted, e.g., anything with MM at the bottom of the bar is muted. Tab to that bar and use 'M' to toggle the mute state.

This is what I did when I tried to run alsamixer. The screenshot is attached to this.

I ended up doing just a fresh install off of a cd since I had no configurations or files that I could not live without. The problem has been corrected by doing this.

Thank you for all your help.