after 11.10 upgrade: lost hardware device

[spam2trash]

A popup Startup message like HDA ULI M5461 not available, falling back to default and a KDE message "Removed Sound Devices". In Sound Settings there is no Hardware device.
Kernel modules and hardware seems OK. I can play soundfiles through alsas aplay and amarok.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:1.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'M5461'/'HDA ULI M5461 at 0xff6f8000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC880'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0880,08800000,00100800'
   Controls : 40
   Simple ctrls : 23
CheckboxSubmission: 6192b41f1a593a6ab8268844ab7b06b1
CheckboxSystem: 13c6d06e5a20fde991903264fe6f2baa
Date: Wed Oct 19 19:40:38 2011
PulseSinks: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sinks'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
PulseSources: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sources'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R01-D4
dmi.board.name: ERC410M���������������
dmi.board.vendor: ACER
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset tag number:at least 22 digits
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: ACER
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR01-D4:bd09/07/2005:svnACER:pnAspireE500:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnACER:rnERC410M:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnACER:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: Aspire E500
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: ACER

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

post the pulseaudio verbose log

try hda-jack-sense-test to find out whether your acer aspire e500 support jack detection of front panel headphone and mic

alc880 is a 8 channels codec and headphone need to share with line out jack (rear panel green jack) and there is no headphone playback volume control

Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]

Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018d: Stereo Amp-Out
  Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0000133f: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 80
  Pin Default 0x0221411f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0xf
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=04, enabled=1
  Connection: 1
     0x13

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013.

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.]