My alsa utils were re-enabled with the latest dist upgrade, the problem happened again so I ran iecset and it fixed it!
i...@iii:~$ iecset audio on Mode: consumer Data: audio Rate: 48000 Hz Copyright: permitted Emphasis: none Category: PCM coder Original: original Clock: 1000 ppm -- Alsa loses AC'97 SPDIF output in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118861 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