Sound stopped working on an Intel HDA card after upgrade to RHEL-5.6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Sound stopped working on an Intel HDA card after upgrade to RHEL-5.6
  • Playback does not give any errors, but there is no sound from the speakers

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
  • kernel-2.6.18-238.el5
  • Intel HDA onboard sound card (AD1981)

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