> On 12.10 the headphone socket on the front of the laptop has a red light lit up which I have never seen before (have been running Ubuntu for 5 years on this machine).'
the red light is the optical output shared with headphone Jack since the previous Fujitsu model only set up the analog playback did not set up the digital playback -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091868 Title: [LIFEBOOK E8020, Realtek ALC260, Black SPDIF Out, Front] No sound at all Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi guys, I haven't had audio working from the built in speakers since installing 12.10 (it is ok on headphones). I just got this bug report come up. Regards Peter ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: peter 26322 F.... pulseaudio Date: Tue Dec 18 21:48:41 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-28 (81 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta i386 (20120928) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Intel failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel Symptom_DevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: peter 26322 F.... pulseaudio Symptom_Jack: Black SPDIF Out, Front Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [LIFEBOOK E8020, Realtek ALC260, Black SPDIF Out, Front] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU // Phoenix Technologies Ltd. dmi.bios.version: Version 1.06 dmi.board.name: FJNB199 dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU dmi.board.version: CP242230-04 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS dmi.chassis.version: E8020 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSU//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrVersion1.06:bd04/19/2005:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnLIFEBOOKE8020:pvr:rvnFUJITSU:rnFJNB199:rvrCP242230-04:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct10:cvrE8020: dmi.product.name: LIFEBOOK E8020 dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2012-12-16T23:52:13.899862 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1091868/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

