Maybe I can help move this along. I had this bug, also on an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. I can confirm that the problem no longer occurs with Gutsy (well, at least no more hda_codec msgs in dmesg).
Note that I don't think these were the root cause messages. I had one at boot up (could see via Ctrl-Alt-F1 whilst booting) which doesn't appear in dmesg. Can't remember exact msg but was some kind of timeout trying to contact a sound related module or similar. Anyway, believe now fixed in Gutsy. Think I wrote down the original boot error somewhere. If I can dig it up, I'll post it... Cheers, Rigsby -- ALC883 hda_codec bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs