[ALC256] [HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH, playback] Pulseaudio fails to detect card

[David Tolton]

Audio is very glitchy through speakers while using any application. Have tried a lot of different things, and configured my audio, but still can not get audio to not skip. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: chuck 1786 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chuck 1786 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 14 22:31:49 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-12 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH, playback] Pulseaudio fails to detect card
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/20/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: AMI
dmi.bios.version: F.36
dmi.board.asset.tag: 8CC7460L0N
dmi.board.name: 81BB
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: 0000
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 8CC7460L0N
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrF.36:bd07/20/2017:svnHP:pn20-c013w:pvr:rvnHP:rn81BB:rvr0000:cvnHP:ct13:cvr:
dmi.product.family: 103C_53316J HP Desktop
dmi.product.name: 20-c013w
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2018-04-04T21:49:05.382211
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2018-04-14T20:03:46.503451