Given that 3.11-rc1 broke, I tried to gain some debugging time and went ahead and downloaded latest kernel 3.10 from mainline, since I didn't try that version yet. Tested 3.10.5-031005 and audio did not break (used mumble, audacity, rhythmbox and skype at the same time). Mumble showed a couple of messages like this:
PulseAudio: Sinks or inputs changed (inserted or removed sound card) ALSAAudio: Non-critical: w=snd_pcm_writei(pcm_handle, outbuff, period_size): Broken pipe but audio playback never stopped working. Attaching verbose log from pulseaudio. ** Attachment added: "pulseverbose-2013-08-10-precise-3.10.5-031005-generic.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1201528/+attachment/3767649/+files/pulseverbose-2013-08-10-precise-3.10.5-031005-generic.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201528 Title: [Realtek ALC889] - Audio Playback Unavailable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1201528/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs