I am running 2.6.30-7-generic #8-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 25 13:52:54 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

After rebooting, I unmute and adjust the volume level to max and still get no audio.

Issung "pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio" give me a working audio for mplayer, vlc and rhythmbox.

Alsa output applications have a useless brief burble.

$ pkill pulseaudio; sleep 2; pulseaudio
E: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 16140901064495857112 bytes (384307168199 ms).
E: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
E: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
E: alsa-util.c: Hooks PCM
E: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
E: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 48000
E: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
E: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 3840
E: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 10000
E: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 1 'HDA ATI HDMI' device 3 subdevice 0
E: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
E: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 48000
E: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
E: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 3840
E: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 10000
E: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 111498
E: alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 107520
E: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 2305843009213863464 bytes (882 ms).
E: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
E: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
E: alsa-util.c: Hooks PCM
E: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
E: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 48000
E: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
E: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 3840
E: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 10000
E: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 1 'HDA ATI HDMI' device 3 subdevice 0
E: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: alsa-util.c:   channels     : 2
E: alsa-util.c:   rate         : 48000
E: alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
E: alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 3840
E: alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 10000
E: alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 480
E: alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 8646911284551352320
E: alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 149898
E: alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 107520