Joined this bug thread, then found the cause of the problem -- in my case at least.
The connection from PC through AVR to TV was marginal (due to cable length, one coupling connector, cable quality, routing, etc.). The problem was undetectable except by these "no speaker allocation for ELD" messages, but of course they gave no hint of the root cause. When an inadvertent jostle made the intermittent connection obvious (noticeable flickering), I redid the cabling and found no more of these messages. Should emphasize that this is the only action I took. It's likely, I think, that these messages were generated by partial reinitializations from interrupted signals in the connection. The drivers and hardware have been rock solid. But without the confidence of knowing that, I've spent way too many hours (in the past) tinkering, when the trouble was simply in the link between devices. -- 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/1371919 Title: kern.log flooded with "HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD" Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have a gigabyte f2a88xn motherboard with built-in audio. In pavucontrol, under Configuration -> Built-in audio (the first), there is "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output". When I disable it, the kern.log continuously reports "HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD". This happens almost every time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: saverio 2824 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: saverio 2824 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Sep 20 15:08:50 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-05 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Title: PCI/internal sound card not detected UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F1 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: F2A88XN-WIFI 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.:bvrF1:bd09/04/2013:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnF2A88XN-WIFI:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1371919/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp