Pulseaudio is not running, Stereo only despite 5.1 card installed

[Tomasz Filanowski]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Stereo only despite USB CM106 5.1 card installed.

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: tomfil 1297 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tomfil 1297 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 20
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'default'/'USB Sound Device at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB0d8c:0102'
   Controls : 14
   Simple ctrls : 6
Date: Tue Dec 21 15:12:36 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Title: Pulseaudio is not running
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: Version 1.40
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Version A0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion1.40:bd09/07/2004:svnTOSHIBA:pnPortablePC:pvrVersion1.0:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0:
dmi.product.name: Portable PC
dmi.product.version: Version 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

the card only support 8 channels and does not support 6 channels ,

Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right - Rear Left - Rear Right - Front Center - Woofer - Side Left - Side Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 197
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Rear Left: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Rear Right: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Front Center: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Woofer: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Side Left: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]
  Side Right: Playback 158 [80%] [-7.32dB] [on]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.