@manuel: Your issue may not be related to the original poster's. Yours is easily fixed by:
$ amixer set 'PCM' on && amixer set 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' 0
The kernel update isn't responsible for making your sound inaudible; some other application fiddled with those mixer settings.
@manuel: Your issue may not be related to the original poster's. Yours is easily fixed by:
$ amixer set 'PCM' on && amixer set 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' 0
The kernel update isn't responsible for making your sound inaudible; some other application fiddled with those mixer settings.