Ubuntu
alsa-driver package

[CA0106 - CA0106, playback] No sound at all ( Writing to ADC failed! )

Bug #1188020 reported by sum1nil on 2013-06-06

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	alsa-driver (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I can type 'killall pulseaudio' to get the sound back. I can afterwards type 'pulseaudio --start' and the sound stays running.
This is largely a fresh install so I believe it to be a bug but their were no other reports matching my summary.
Have a nice day.

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
  Installed: 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.3
  Candidate: 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.3
  Version table:
*** 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:1.1-0ubuntu15 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

Expectation: I expected my computer to play music and make sound not to mention have audio in the movie player..

Result: I could not play sound in any fashion. This has been an issue for a long while.

Executable: /usr/bin/totem
Version: totem 3.0.1
xprop: WM_CLASS(STRING) = "totem", "Totem"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-32.53~precise1-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: zerosum 1823 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: zerosum 1823 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'CA0106'/'AudigyLS [Unknown] at 0xdc00 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'CA0106'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 25
   Simple ctrls : 13
Date: Wed Jun 5 23:21:47 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
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:CA0106 failed
Symptom_Card: CA0106 Soundblaster - CA0106
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
1823 1823 zerosum F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: zerosum F...m pulseaudio
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.00
dmi.board.name: N68C-GS FX
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd01/18/2012:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnN68C-GSFX:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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