Just want to report that under Ubuntu 10.10, removing the libsdl pulse audio package, e.g.:

# sudo apt-get remove libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio

Resulted in Ubuntu automatically requiring that the libsdl1.2debian-alsa be installed. Works like a charm now.

After upgrading to Kubuntu 11.04 I have this problem too. Audio works fine in other apps. HW: HP dv4 Intel sound card.

Thank you for the tip

thanks for the tip