[ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4, playback] No sound at all

[ce107]

Realplayer plays fine using the ALSA plugin, pithos also plays fine but the flash player within firefox as well as movie player fail to produce any sound whatsoever.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-34.53-generic 3.2.33
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-34-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ce107 2991 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1885 at irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1885'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445360'
   Controls : 38
   Simple ctrls : 27
Date: Wed Jan 2 11:53:47 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:I82801DBICH4 successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 2991 ce107 F.... pulseaudio
     PID ACCESS COMMAND
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4, playback] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (248 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: -[OPE150A]-
dmi.board.name: MS-9121
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr-[OPE150A]-:bd06/13/2006:svnIBM:pn-[622136U]-:pvr1.0:rvnIBM:rnMS-9121:rvr1.0:cvnIBM:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: -[622136U]-
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

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437.216032] EXT4-fs (sdb1): error count: 2
[ 437.216040] EXT4-fs (sdb1): initial error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[ 437.216048] EXT4-fs (sdb1): last error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[87069.664036] EXT4-fs (sdb1): error count: 2
[87069.664044] EXT4-fs (sdb1): initial error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[87069.664052] EXT4-fs (sdb1): last error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[173577.184055] EXT4-fs (sdb1): error count: 2
[173577.184065] EXT4-fs (sdb1): initial error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[173577.184073] EXT4-fs (sdb1): last error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[188324.984961] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus is busy, can't use it!
[260084.704043] EXT4-fs (sdb1): error count: 2
[260084.704051] EXT4-fs (sdb1): initial error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[260084.704060] EXT4-fs (sdb1): last error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[346592.224041] EXT4-fs (sdb1): error count: 2
[346592.224052] EXT4-fs (sdb1): initial error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[346592.224061] EXT4-fs (sdb1): last error at 1346864912: ext4_journal_start_sb:327
[384056.049071] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus is busy, can't use it!
[384056.049100] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus is busy, can't use it!
[384056.049124] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus is busy, can't use it!
[384056.049147] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus is busy, can't use it!

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