Comment 7 for bug 369822

I believe I have exactly the same bug. I'm running Jaunty and my card is -> "| Card: HDA Intel | Chip\codec: Realtek ALC880". But my problem appeared only after I had to remove, purge & reinstall GDM. So it is something to do with gnome panel (99% sure). Anyway it's nothing major, I just made a habit to unmute master volume, first thing after every booting & learn not to expect drums at booting.