I have an Acer Aspire 8920 laptop and the same problem. On quantal. So obviously the bugfix in comment 35 did not solve the problem. Also adding the 6stack-dig option does not help me.
See also #777481 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704401 Title: Optical sound output breaks on upgrade to linux- image-2.6.35-25-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/704401/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs