Comment 12 for bug 357724

I can get sound working blacklisting radio_maestro but no way to

1) get microphone working
2) get aumix working without taking all cpu
3) have volume settings stabilized at each reboot;

I got all this working properly in alsa, eliminating pulseaudio

http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/ubuntu-904-jaunty-keeping-the-beast-pulseaudio-at-bay/