Comment 75 for bug 394500

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Peter Meiser (meiser79) wrote : Re: [Karmic] processes holding /dev/dsp* or /dev/snd/pcm* cause "pulseaudio: card not found - Null Output / Dummy Output"

You don't have post your details. The problem is already known upstream as mentioned above (see http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/681). It's just a matter of time when this issue will be solved.