diff -u pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/changelog pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/changelog
--- pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/changelog
+++ pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+pavucontrol (0.9.7-1ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+  * 0002-Handle-noninitialised-data.patch: Backport from upstream
+    01e4826b653065268e7a4b8d57e528836e167a23, makes pavucontrol
+    more robust against LP #286273.
+
+ -- Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:21:20 -0400
+
 pavucontrol (0.9.7-1ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from Debian unstable:
diff -u pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/patches/series pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/patches/series
--- pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/patches/series
+++ pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,0 +2 @@
+0002-Handle-noninitialised-data.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- pavucontrol-0.9.7.orig/debian/patches/0002-Handle-noninitialised-data.patch
+++ pavucontrol-0.9.7/debian/patches/0002-Handle-noninitialised-data.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Index: pavucontrol-0.9.7/src/pavucontrol.cc
+===================================================================
+--- pavucontrol-0.9.7.orig/src/pavucontrol.cc	2009-04-02 00:19:11.000000000 -0400
++++ pavucontrol-0.9.7/src/pavucontrol.cc	2009-04-02 00:20:54.000000000 -0400
+@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@
+     info.channel_map.channels = 1;
+     info.channel_map.map[0] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_MONO;
+     info.volume = volume;
+-    info.device = device.c_str();
++    info.device = device == "" ? NULL : device.c_str();
+     info.mute = muteToggleButton->get_active();
+ 
+     pa_operation* o;
+@@ -952,7 +952,6 @@
+     pa_operation_unref(o);
+ }
+ 
+-
+ /*** MainWindow ***/
+ 
+ MainWindow::MainWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade::Xml>& x) :
+@@ -1428,10 +1427,10 @@
+ 
+     eventRoleWidget->updating = true;
+ 
+-    eventRoleWidget->device = info.device;
++    eventRoleWidget->device = info.device ? info.device : "";
+ 
+     volume.channels = 1;
+-    volume.values[0] = pa_cvolume_avg(&info.volume);
++    volume.values[0] = pa_cvolume_max(&info.volume);
+ 
+     eventRoleWidget->setVolume(volume);
+     eventRoleWidget->muteToggleButton->set_active(info.mute);