[Realtek ALC259] ALSA test tone not correctly played back

[Hannah Nicole Pearce]

no sound through my jack, in-built speakers work perfectly. no sound recorded through microphone.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.101-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic i686
AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
 Compiled on Oct 18 2012 for kernel 2.6.32-45-generic (SMP).
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC259 Analog [ALC259 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC259 Analog [ALC259 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pacmandarin 1329 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7cf8000 irq 29'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC259'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10438437,00100100'
   Controls : 9
   Simple ctrls : 6
Date: Thu Jan 3 00:44:56 2013
InstallationMedia: EasyPeasy 1.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [Realtek ALC259] ALSA test tone not correctly played back
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0403
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1001PXD
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0403:bd12/01/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1001PXD:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1001PXD:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1001PXD
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

   17.229209] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 17.229316] alloc irq_desc for 29 on node -1
[ 17.229323] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 17.229377] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 17.229433] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 17.298592] hda_codec: ALC259: BIOS auto-probing.
[ 17.298794] ALSA hda_codec.c:337: hda_codec: connection list not available for 0x24
[ 17.299518] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input8

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; and backport is not expected as its not a 'security' problem