Fresh 14.04 install. Everything was fine in 13.10.

lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

    Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device a002

    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47

    Memory at fa200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

    Capabilities: <access denied>

    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel



00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

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01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)

    Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device 0801

    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17

    Memory at f7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

    Capabilities: <access denied>

    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel



03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])

I can hear sound, but the sound settings show no soundcard. There is no indicator until I uncheck and check the "show sound volume in menu bar" but then it show just muted, sliders have no effect. Media key are also not working. It "thinks" there is no soundcard even when it is working.

Sidequestion: whats are this audio controllers on new graphics cards? Are there just to pass the sound from the real soundcard to the HDMI cable or is it actually a real soundcard in there?