https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting contains more information how to debug sound problems. I'm attaching the output of the alsa-info.sh script that is described there.
for reference: vlc is working just fine for me. Perhaps people with affected hardware could do so as well so that we can compare better what's going on. ** Attachment added: "alsa-info.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28369651/alsa-info.txt -- [Karmic] VLC sound does not reproduce https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379360 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs