[Dell System XPS L502X, Intel CougarPoint HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all (sometimes)

[Albert Astals Cid]

On some boots i have no sound at all, seems like the kernel is oops-ing on the driver or something, dmesg says

[ 15.339872] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff88022b323fe0
[ 15.339900] IP: [<ffffffffa05c9820>] patch_generic_hdmi+0xe0/0x550 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi]
[ 15.339928] PGD 1c0e063 PUD bac8c067 PMD 231c59063 PTE 800000022b323161
[ 15.339950] Oops: 0003 [#1] SMP
[ 15.339962] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel(+) iwldvm(+) snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep(F) kvm_intel mac80211 snd_pcm(F) kvm joydev(F) snd_page_alloc(F) snd_seq_midi(F) snd_seq_midi_event(F) iwlwifi snd_rawmidi(F) snd_seq(F) snd_seq_device(F) snd_timer(F) cfg80211 psmouse(F) snd(F) microcode(F) soundcore(F) mei dell_wmi sparse_keymap serio_raw(F) dell_laptop dcdbas lpc_ich wmi mac_hid binfmt_misc(F) coretemp lp(F) parport(F) btrfs(F) zlib_deflate(F) libcrc32c(F) hid_generic usbhid hid i915 ghash_clmulni_intel(F) i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper aesni_intel(F) aes_x86_64(F) xts(F) lrw(F) gf128mul(F) ablk_helper(F) cryptd(F) drm r8169 ahci(F) libahci(F) video(F)
[ 15.340178] CPU 3
[ 15.340186] Pid: 700, comm: modprobe Tainted: GF 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L502X/0YR8NN
[ 15.340222] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa05c9820>] [<ffffffffa05c9820>] patch_generic_hdmi+0xe0/0x550 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi]
[ 15.340254] RSP: 0018:ffff88022e931ac0 EFLAGS: 00010283
[ 15.340270] RAX: 0000000000000008 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000002
[ 15.340291] RDX: ffff88022b323fd8 RSI: ffff88022b323fe0 RDI: ffff88022cdbbc20
[ 15.340311] RBP: ffff88022e931af8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000007
[ 15.340331] R10: 0000000000000064 R11: 0000000000000014 R12: ffff88022cdbb800
[ 15.340352] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffff88022b324000
[ 15.340373] FS: 00007ff6e5f69740(0000) GS:ffff88023e6c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 15.340396] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 15.340413] CR2: ffff88022b323fe0 CR3: 0000000230187000 CR4: 00000000000407e0
[ 15.340433] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 15.340454] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 15.340475] Process modprobe (pid: 700, threadinfo ffff88022e930000, task ffff88022c8a8000)
[ 15.340498] Stack:
[ 15.340504] 00000000ffffffff ffffffffa05c0002 ffffffffa05cb8a8 0000000000000001
[ 15.340528] ffff88022cdbb800 00000000ffffffff ffffffffa05cd000 ffff88022e931b58
[ 15.340551] ffffffffa052a186 2d6164682d646e73 64692d6365646f63 303832363830383a
[ 15.340575] Call Trace:
[ 15.340589] [<ffffffffa052a186>] snd_hda_codec_configure+0x146/0x440 [snd_hda_codec]
[ 15.340615] [<ffffffffa054e2f0>] azx_probe_continue+0x3a0/0x4f0 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340639] [<ffffffffa054c8b0>] ? azx_attach_pcm_stream+0x1e0/0x1e0 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340663] [<ffffffffa054dcb0>] ? azx_halt+0x30/0x30 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340684] [<ffffffffa054c6d0>] ? azx_pcm_trigger+0x580/0x580 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340707] [<ffffffffa054d810>] ? azx_runtime_suspend+0x30/0x30 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340729] [<ffffffffa054a670>] ? azx_pcm_free+0x50/0x50 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340751] [<ffffffffa054e79a>] azx_probe+0x35a/0x940 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.340773] [<ffffffff8137b47b>] local_pci_probe+0x4b/0x80
[ 15.340791] [<ffffffff8137b7a1>] pci_device_probe+0x111/0x120
[ 15.340810] [<ffffffff814556c7>] driver_probe_device+0x77/0x230
[ 15.340829] [<ffffffff8145592b>] __driver_attach+0xab/0xb0
[ 15.340846] [<ffffffff81455880>] ? driver_probe_device+0x230/0x230
[ 15.340865] [<ffffffff814539dd>] bus_for_each_dev+0x5d/0xa0
[ 15.340883] [<ffffffff814551ce>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[ 15.340899] [<ffffffff81454da0>] bus_add_driver+0x190/0x280
[ 15.340918] [<ffffffffa0356000>] ? 0xffffffffa0355fff
[ 15.340934] [<ffffffff81455ff7>] driver_register+0x77/0x170
[ 15.340952] [<ffffffffa0356000>] ? 0xffffffffa0355fff
[ 15.340968] [<ffffffff8137a66c>] __pci_register_driver+0x4c/0x50
[ 15.340987] [<ffffffffa035601e>] azx_driver_init+0x1e/0x1000 [snd_hda_intel]
[ 15.341009] [<ffffffff8100215a>] do_one_initcall+0x12a/0x180
[ 15.341028] [<ffffffff810bfec7>] load_module+0x10c7/0x1520
[ 15.341045] [<ffffffff810bb830>] ? unset_module_init_ro_nx+0x80/0x80
[ 15.341065] [<ffffffff810c03e5>] sys_init_module+0xc5/0xf0
[ 15.341084] [<ffffffff816d379d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f
[ 15.341101] Code: 0f 1f 00 4d 8b bc 24 c0 00 00 00 25 00 e0 00 00 c1 e8 0c 83 c8 01 49 63 17 83 c0 01 83 f8 10 48 8d 14 92 49 8d 14 d7 48 8d 72 08 <66> 89 5a 08 c7 46 08 02 00 00 00 0f 86 5b 02 00 00 48 8d 4e 18
[ 15.341196] RIP [<ffffffffa05c9820>] patch_generic_hdmi+0xe0/0x550 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi]
[ 15.341221] RSP <ffff88022e931ac0>
[ 15.341232] CR2: ffff88022b323fe0
[ 15.359096] ---[ end trace 9ff692c608d5e59c ]---

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tsdgeos 2694 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: tsdgeos 2694 F...m pulseaudio
Date: Sun Apr 21 20:46:12 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-21 (517 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH successful
Symptom_Card: Audio intern - HDA Intel PCH
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tsdgeos 2694 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: tsdgeos 2694 F...m pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [Dell System XPS L502X, Intel CougarPoint HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-02-27 (418 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/20/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0YR8NN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd10/20/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL502X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YR8NN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L502X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.