Bug#382053: linux 2.6.16 snd-hda-intel doesn't work

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.16-2-686-smp
Version: 2.6.16-17
Tags: patch

I have a Dell Precision M65 laptop with an Intel sound card:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

As reported on multiple sites on the Internet, e.g.,
http://www.gidnetwork.com/b-106.html :

  Kernel 2.6.16 Note: Interestingly enough, the driver for the Intel
  HD Audio in kernel 2.6.16 is broken. Everything appears to work
  fine, but alas there is absolutely no sound no matter what you do.

I have the same experience.  The driver loads fine, but no sound at
all with 2.6.16.

Upgrading to linux-image-2.6.17-1-686 version 2.6.17-5 in unstable
solves the problem for me.

There is a patch floating around:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/17/279

I haven't tested whether that patch by itself fixes the problem.

Thanks,
Simon