[Aspire ES1-520, ATI R6xx HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all

[Ole Kristian Bendiksen]

Sound stopped working after software upgrade. It has been working fine up to now. I added external speakers, thei were working fine, now they seem to have died. no sin of light whatsoever.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-71.114-generic 3.13.11-ckt29
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-71-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ole_kr_b 23046 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ole_kr_b 23046 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Dec 4 16:09:56 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-01 (63 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Generic failed
Symptom_Card: Innebygd lydenhet - HD-Audio Generic
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: lightdm 21819 F.... pulseaudio
                      ole_kr_b 23046 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: lightdm 21819 F.... pulseaudio
                      ole_kr_b 23046 F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [Aspire ES1-520, ATI R6xx HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: V1.02
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Bellemere_BE
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.02
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.02:bd05/06/2015:svnAcer:pnAspireES1-520:pvrV1.02:rvnAcer:rnBellemere_BE:rvrV1.02:cvnAcer:ct9:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire ES1-520
dmi.product.version: V1.02
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

Codec: Realtek ID 235
Address: 0
AFG Function Id: 0x1 (unsol 1)
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0235
Subsystem Id: 0x1025104b
Revision Id: 0x100002
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM: N/A
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
State of AFG node 0x01:
Power: setting=UNKNOWN, actual=UNKNOWN, Error, Clock-stop-OK, Setting-reset
GPIO: io=255, o=255, i=255, unsolicited=1, wake=1