[XPS L501X, Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all

[Aditya Bawane]

I installed a codec ("bad") to enable me to play midi files, since then no sound plays.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC665 Analog [ALC665 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: aditya 1691 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D3p: aditya 1691 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: aditya 1691 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0900000 irq 50'
   Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0665,1028046e,00100003 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 27
   Simple ctrls : 13
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xadefc000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de0014,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
Date: Sat Oct 22 12:22:43 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:NVidia failed
Symptom_Card: GF108 High Definition Audio Controller - HDA NVidia
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 1691 1691 1691 aditya F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D3p: aditya F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: aditya F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [XPS L501X, Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (4 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0NYTH5
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A03
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd10/15/2010:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL501X:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn0NYTH5:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03:
dmi.product.name: XPS L501X
dmi.product.version: A03
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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