Comment 76 for bug 582199

Please forget message #73 . I was using kernel 2.6.32-23 (from proposed) while testing.
Booting with 2.6.32-22 produces a whole different output for "dmesg | grep hda"

[ 8.855037] ALSA hda_intel.c:2543: chipset global capabilities = 0x4401
[ 8.888014] ALSA hda_intel.c:908: codec_mask = 0x1
[ 8.888088] ALSA hda_intel.c:1346: codec #0 probed OK
[ 9.011733] hda_codec: ALC269: SKU not ready 0x411111f0
[ 9.011810] ALSA hda_codec.c:3517: hda_codec: model 'optiplex' is selected for config 1028:400 (Dell Optiplex 380)
[ 9.013001] hda_codec: cannot build controls for #0 (error -16)

The device now seems totally disabled so there is no sound. Let me know if there is anything else you need to know about it. Thanks for taking your time on this David.