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[Intel 82801EB/ER] PulseAudio selects wrong default device

Bug #258826 reported by Carroarmato0
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

I've noticed this happening sometime while using Hardy. Originally sound worked perfectly since I installed Hardy.
But now sometimes the problem seems to be that Pulseaudio selects the wrong Audiocontroller as default output (see alsa-info)

Uname: Linux christophe-desktop 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Tue Aug 12 13:37:22 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Excerpt from lspci:

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24d5] (rev 02)

Excerpt from alsa-info:

Kernel release: 2.6.24-21-generic
Driver version: 1.0.16
Utilities version: 1.0.15

!!Loaded ALSA modules
snd_intel8x0
snd_usb_audio

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
 0 [ICH5 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH5
                      Intel ICH5 with AD1980 at irq 21
 1 [default ]: USB-Audio - Generic USB Audio Device
                      Generic USB Audio Device at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1, full speed

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

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Carroarmato0 (carroarmato0) wrote :

The hosts of the Linux Outlaws podcast, episode 51 "Too Young for Jail", mentioned that the developer of PulseAudio finds that Ubuntu's implementation of PulseAudio is messed up, giving users the impression that PulseAudio itself is to blame.

I do not know what kind of *enhancements* Ubuntu developers have put into the Ubuntu PulseAudio package, but it seems like worth re-cheking things in the original PulseAudio package.

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested from the "Reporting Sound Bugs" section of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems as separate attachments.

Changed in pulseaudio:
assignee: nobody → andreas-moog
status: New → Incomplete
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Carroarmato0 (carroarmato0) wrote :
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Carroarmato0 (carroarmato0) wrote :

After issuing the " cat /proc/asound/cards " command, I've found that my usb skype phone was called *default* over my Intel ICH5 sound card.

I've put configured all my settings to use PulseAudio and test my usb phone with Skype ,and it didn't gave any problem.

Going to test PulseAudio with other audio outputs like Flash and stuff, and rebooting to see if everything continues to work.

The reason why I sent this bug report was because PulseAudio at random boots decides not to work anymore.

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

description: updated
Changed in pulseaudio:
assignee: andreas-moog → nobody
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Andreas Moog (ampelbein)
description: updated
description: updated
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Carroarmato0 (carroarmato0) wrote :

As expected, there is no sound coming from flash enabled websites.

This is more likely to be an issue with the Flash Plugin ( version 10 Beta ), but it would be handy if PulseAudio would lend a hand an resolve this internally rather than send a bug report to Adobe and wait yet another month or two to make the appropriate fixes.

C de-Avillez (hggdh2)
Changed in pulseaudio:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in paconfig:
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in paconfig:
status: New → Invalid
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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Have you modified /etc/pulse/default.pa? If so, attach it.

Changed in pulseaudio:
importance: Medium → Undecided
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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kenden (kenden) wrote :

Ubuntu 8.10 x86
I have this problem, and didn't modified /etc/pulse/default.pa

In pavucontrol > Output Devices, the wrong device is selected by default. When I correct it, the choice is not saved after the next reboot.
This is particularly annoying when working with full-screen programs, as it is harder to have access to pavucontrol then.

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Adam Buchbinder (adam-buchbinder) wrote :

User responded; changing back to confirmed status.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) reached end-of-life on May 12, 2011.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
affects: paconfig → mir
no longer affects: mir
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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