Interestingly the same model laptop with the same Ubuntu release and the same PulseAudio version is reported to partially work in bug 1788121.
I'm not sure "Pulseaudio fails to detect card" is the right description here. What problems are you actually experiencing that make you think PulseAudio has failed to detect the card? ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811000 Title: [HP EliteBook 2560p, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Green Headphone Out, Right] Pulseaudio fails to detect card Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31 Memory at d4720000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D3', '/dev/snd/hwC0D1', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Jan 8 21:55:38 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-23 (77 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Right Title: [HP EliteBook 2560p, IDT 92HD81B1X5, Green Headphone Out, Right] Pulseaudio fails to detect card UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68SSU Ver. F.02 dmi.board.name: 162B dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 04.1E dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU14700DL dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SSUVer.F.02:bd07/26/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook2560p:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn162B:rvrKBCVersion04.1E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 2560p dmi.product.version: A0001D02 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1811000/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp