Comment 6 for bug 394500

Re-opened. Also in my laptop sound card is gone (alsa OK, pulseaudio only null output). Removing any .pulse in home and logging again does not help. Hardware works correctly using for example ogg123.

cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xf8500000 irq 20

killall pulseaudio;pulseaudio -vvvv
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us.
I: core-util.c: Failed to acquire high-priority scheduling: Input/output error
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.16-test6-3-g57e1
D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.31-7-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 24 19:18:31 UTC 2009
D: main.c: Found 2 CPUs.
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
D: main.c: All asserts enabled.
I: main.c: Machine ID is a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df.
I: main.c: Session ID is a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-1251276710.491596-1640081598.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/graziano/.pulse.
I: main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-0.9.16/modules.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
I: cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1
I: svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized functions.
I: remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers.
I: svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE optimized functions.
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #0; argument: "").
D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-device-volumes.tdb'
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-device-volumes'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #1; argument: "").
D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-stream-volumes.tdb'
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-stream-volumes'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-card-database.tdb'
I: module-card-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/graziano/.pulse/a01d5d4d863171a54bfe54c649c286df-card-database'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.16/modules/module-udev-detect.so': success
D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes
D: module-udev-detect.c: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 is busy: yes
I: module-udev-detect.c: Found 1 cards.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #5; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.16/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so': failure
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.16/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.16/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default source 'auto_null.monitor' not existant, not restoring default source setting.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null.
I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: sink.c: device.description = "Null Output"
I: sink.c: device.class = "abstract"
I: sink.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card"
I: source.c: Created source 0 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: source.c: device.description = "Monitor of Null Output"
I: source.c: device.class = "monitor"
I: source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #11; argument: "sink_name=auto_null").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #13; argument: "").
D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus 188b71f859a79a686a341a534a94e0fa as :1.186
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session7
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-cork-music-on-phone" (index: #16; argument: "").
D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus session bus 8c6bb291db3f7b6632daafa84a94f7a6 as :1.87
D: main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server!
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable, path=/, member=Introspect
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-volume-control-applet
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-settings-daemon
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
D: sink.c: Suspend cause of sink auto_null is 0x0004, suspending
I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-volume-control
I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-settings-daemon
I: client.c: Freed 4 "gnome-settings-daemon"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Freed 3 "GNOME Volume Control"
I: protocol-native.c: Connection died.
I: client.c: Created 5 "EsounD client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-esound.c: read(): EOF
I: client.c: Freed 5 "EsounD client (UNIX socket client)"