I ran the .deb and then restarted the machine, heard the startup tones. changed my pref's back to analog sound duplex and speakers for outs and it works.
i'm good to go. thanks everybody. Acer 7736Z -- [Acer aspire 7736] Playback not working due to incorrect SKU override https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
