[Bug 178442] Re: Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE17xx chipsets

[Daniel T Chen]

@John Patrick Both upstream pulseaudio and alsa developers agree that
a proper resolution to this symptom lies in alsa-lib, not in
pulseaudio.  We (i.e., Ubuntu audio developers) are blocked on an
agreement upstream regarding how to address both playback and capture
for the "front" (and possibly other) virtual device definition.  In
previous releases we have been flamed for not taking the preferred
upstream approach(es), so we're doing our best to stick as close as
possible to what they recommend.  We understand that this introduces a
suboptimal end-user experience, and we are working to resolve it so
that as many people as possible are in agreement.  Thanks for your
patience.

@dimovnike Remember that you should use the human-friendly string(s)
and not the index number(s), e.g., I would use hw:Intel and not hw:0
(or hw:1).  (This approach has been recommended by upstream alsa
developers.)  See the name(s) in brackets from /proc/asound/cards.
For the vast majority of people, this method is foolproof (the corner
cases are when people have multiple identical cards).

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Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE17xx chipsets
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178442
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