thank you Mr. Chen for the response... the digital out put is through IEC958.. not sure though, and hav tried changing the sound preferences but doesnt seem to be coming through, is there something specific i need to do??? and im a total newbie to ubuntu hence i'm unfamiliar with the commands thank you On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:05:42 +0530 wrote >Note: AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: krishna 1640 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: krishna 1640 F...m pulseaudio Incomplete -- [VIA VT1818S] PA test tone failed (alsa tone succeeded) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/683685 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio hi everyone, my problem with ububtu 10.04 is that i get only the start up sound.. none of the other application plays sound could anyone please help me on this ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.47-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Compiled on Nov 19 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-26-generic (SMP). Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1818S Analog [VT1818S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: krishna 1640 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: krishna 1640 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe4f8000 irq 16' Mixer name: 'VIA VT1818S' Components: 'HDA:11060440,10438417,00100000' Controls : 35 Simple ctrls : 20 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe9ec000 irq 30' Mixer name: 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components: 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Wed Dec 1 20:25:33 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SelectedCard: 0 SB HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Title: [VIA VT1818S] PA test tone failed (alsa tone succeeded) dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0501 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4A87TD EVO dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0501:bd04/02/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A87TDEVO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/683685/+subscribe