[Realtek ALC861] pactl stat failed to find default card -- works fine with primary user account but stopped working with other user accounts

[Mike Malveaux]

Sound used to work for all user accounts, but no longer does. Recently installed Skype but do not know how closely that correlates with recent sound problem. We no longer get the exit sound when logging off from the primary user account, either. When looking at Sound Preferences, Hardware tab, nothing is listed; the only choice on the Output tab is Dummy Output. The primary user account shows Analog Stereo on the Output tab. I would like to fix this and defend the honor of Linux to my Windoze-using girlfriend, but I don't know enough. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.72-generic 2.6.32.41+drm33.18
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D1', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D6c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D6p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer', '/dev/sequencer2', '/dev/sequencer'] failed with exit code 1:
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdc240000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC861'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0861,11791205,00100300 HDA:11c13026,11790001,00100700'
   Controls : 11
   Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Thu Sep 8 22:56:24 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Title: [Realtek ALC861] pactl stat failed to find default card
dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 2.00
dmi.board.name: MPAD-MSAE Customer Reference Boards
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr2.00:bd08/30/2006:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA105:pvrPSAA8U-SY102K:rvnIntelCorporation:rnMPAD-MSAECustomerReferenceBoards:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A105
dmi.product.version: PSAA8U-SY102K
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported