Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
An fresh installation did not produce any sound, internal speaker or headphone.
The default driver is Intel ICH6.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
I clicked on "settings"; "audio setup", attempting to change the driver
   * What was the outcome of this action?
General details: "executable: kmshell4 PID: 5367 Signal: Segmentation fault (11)
Application: KDE Control Module (kcmshell4), signal: Segmentation fault
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb56eb9c0 (LWP 5367))]

Thread 2 (Thread 0xadfa3b70 (LWP 5370)):
#0  0xb77a9424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb5ada20a in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xb7704b5d in pthread_cond_wait () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0xae077ec3 in vlc_cond_wait () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.5
#4  0xadfeaaa1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.5
#5  0xb5ad5c39 in start_thread () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#6  0xb76f7a6e in clone () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb56eb9c0 (LWP 5367)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  0xb770a954 in __strcpy_chk () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#7  0xae133acf in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#8  0xae134cc8 in snd_device_name_hint () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2
#9  0xae20e12b in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so
#10 0xae20f2ab in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so
#11 0xadfafcbe in libvlc_audio_output_device_count () from /usr/lib/libvlc.so.5
#12 0xae0d7a6b in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_vlc.so
#13 0xae0d0b08 in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_vlc.so
#14 0xae0d0f5b in qt_plugin_instance () from /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_vlc.so
#15 0xb6ca3480 in QPluginLoader::instance() () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0xb271e75c in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_platform/kde.so
#17 0xb271f1a9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_platform/kde.so
#18 0xb26ca2b8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#19 0xb26cbbfb in Phonon::Factory::backend(bool) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#20 0xb26d050c in Phonon::GlobalConfig::audioOutputDeviceListFor(Phonon::Category, int) const () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphonon.so.4
#21 0xb273b292 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_phonon.so
#22 0xb274ce7d in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kcm_phonon.so
Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
   * What outcome did you expect instead?