Comment 7 for bug 192382

Since the upgrade to Hardy, Pulseaudio sound server is not working properly. I am not sure if it is related to this bug, but again it seems to be using alsa-utils.c, can anybody else confirm that?
Pulseaudio seems to connect successfully and its clients are registered correctly, however no sound is coming out, as it cannot send the stream to the output.
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kane@kane-laptop:~$ pulseaudio -v

I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing real-time and high-priority scheduling.
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa
W: alsa-util.c: Device (null) doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
W: alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: No such file or directory
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 48000Hz"
I: source.c: Created source 0 "alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 48000Hz"
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Using 4 fragments of size 4352 bytes.
I: module-alsa-sink.c: Starting playback.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-sink" (index: #0; argument: "device_id=0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0").
W: alsa-util.c: Device (null) doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully opened device front:0.
I: module-alsa-source.c: Successfully enabled mmap() mode.
ALSA lib control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:0
I: alsa-util.c: Unable to attach to mixer front:0: No such file or directory
W: alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: No such file or directory
I: source.c: Created source 1 "alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0" with sample spec "s16le 2ch 48000Hz"
I: module-alsa-source.c: Using 4 fragments of size 4352 bytes.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-alsa-source" (index: #1; argument: "device_id=0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_27d8_sound_card_0_alsa_capture_0").
I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 2 modules.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #4; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #5; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #6; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #7; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-x11-publish" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
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