[Realtek ALC888-VD] Playback problem after update to 2.6.32-61-generic-pae

[jan]

After the upgrade
the command
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
just hangs.
Attached system info is AFTER a reboot with the version BEFORE update (the -60 kernel selected)

The attached pulseverbose log is created with
autospawn = no in ~/.pulse/client.conf
on the faulty -61 kernel

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-60.122-generic-pae 2.6.32.61+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-60-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion:
 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
 Compiled on May 7 2014 for kernel 2.6.32-60-generic-pae (SMP).
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jhh 2765 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe8f0000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888-VD'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,103c2aa9,00100302'
   Controls : 31
   Simple ctrls : 18
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe9bc000 irq 28'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Wed Jun 11 17:55:31 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 SB HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [Realtek ALC888-VD] Playback problem
dmi.bios.date: 07/24/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 6.08
dmi.board.name: 2AA9
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC03439FQ
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6.08:bd07/24/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnp6510nl:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rn2AA9:rvr1.00:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: p6510nl
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[penalvch (penalvch)]

jan, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Lucid Desktop reached EOL on May 9, 2013.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test. If the bug is still reproducible, please file a new report.

Do feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s)]

I see many state changes. This IS a duplicate of bug #1327300.
It affects alsa-driver (Ubuntu), but is not caused by it.
Apparently, Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch) changes all alsa-driver bugs on older Ubuntu versions to "Won't Fix / not duplicate". This is not appropriate for this specific bug, as it it caused by a kernel bug in an Ubuntu version that still has support for the server edition (till April 2015). The kernel is shared by both versions, while alsa-driver might not.