[G1.Sniper Z97, Creative CA0132, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all

[Anan Zeevy]

Using earphones, connected to the amplified port on the motherboard.
PC dual boots with Windows 8.1, audio works just fine on Windows.

$ inxi -Fi
System: Host: Cube Kernel: 4.2.0-21-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Gnome 3.16.4 Distro: Ubuntu 15.10 wily
Machine: Mobo: Gigabyte model: G1.Sniper Z97 v: x.x Bios: American Megatrends v: F7 date: 04/21/2015
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-4790K (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
           clock speeds: max: 4400 MHz 1: 4400 MHz 2: 2013 MHz 3: 4400 MHz 4: 4399 MHz 5: 4400 MHz 6: 4400 MHz
           7: 4400 MHz 8: 2936 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT [Radeon R9 290X]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.6.2) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.2.0-21-generic

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-21.25-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: anan 1313 F.... pulseaudio
                      anan 1761 F.... alsamixer
 /dev/snd/controlC1: anan 1313 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Dec 17 22:01:08 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-15 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH
Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [G1.Sniper Z97, Creative CA0132, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F7
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: G1.Sniper Z97
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF7:bd04/21/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnG1.SniperZ97:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnG1.SniperZ97:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: G1.Sniper Z97
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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