[ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS, Realtek ALC887-VD, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all

[Ian]

heard the first set of test tones, and my speakers were all working yesterday. Not sure what changed today.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:2.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ian 1629 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ian 1629 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: ian 1629 F...m pulseaudio
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 17.501689] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 [ 939.331117] init: tty1 main process ended, respawning
 [ 1565.058254] do_general_protection: 48 callbacks suppressed
 [ 1565.058267] rhythmbox-metad[2883] general protection ip:7fb3c8cf02c8 sp:7fffda4f96d0 error:0 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3400.1[7fb3c8cbe000+4d000]
Date: Thu Apr 18 11:46:22 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-16 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SB successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ian 1629 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ian 1629 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: ian 1629 F...m pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test failed
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [System Product Name, Realtek ALC887-VD, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1201
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M5A78L-M LX PLUS
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1201:bd08/20/2012:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM5A78L-MLXPLUS:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

It looks like you lost analog stereo output. Try resetting pulse configuration:
rm -r ~/.pulse*; pulseaudio -k

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]