Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) reached end-of-life on July 28, 2016.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- 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/1527377 Title: [G1.Sniper Z97, Creative CA0132, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Using earphones, connected to the amplified port on the motherboard. PC dual boots with Windows 8.1, audio works just fine on Windows. $ inxi -Fi System: Host: Cube Kernel: 4.2.0-21-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Gnome 3.16.4 Distro: Ubuntu 15.10 wily Machine: Mobo: Gigabyte model: G1.Sniper Z97 v: x.x Bios: American Megatrends v: F7 date: 04/21/2015 CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-4790K (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB clock speeds: max: 4400 MHz 1: 4400 MHz 2: 2013 MHz 3: 4400 MHz 4: 4399 MHz 5: 4400 MHz 6: 4400 MHz 7: 4400 MHz 8: 2936 MHz Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT [Radeon R9 290X] Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.6.2) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Card-2 Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.2.0-21-generic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-21.25-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: anan 1313 F.... pulseaudio anan 1761 F.... alsamixer /dev/snd/controlC1: anan 1313 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Dec 17 22:01:08 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-15 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [G1.Sniper Z97, Creative CA0132, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F7 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: G1.Sniper Z97 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.:bvrF7:bd04/21/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnG1.SniperZ97:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnG1.SniperZ97:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: G1.Sniper Z97 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/1527377/+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