Ubuntu and Sound Card?

[Matt Graham]

After a long battle with technology, mike enriquez wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 and it seems to have issues with my sound
> card.

Why do people call problems "issues"?  And does this mean "sound doesn't work 
at all", or "sound works, but there are problems with it"?  If you specify a 
problem precisely, it's usually much easier to solve it.

> Does anyone out there know of a sound card to use with this version 
> of Ubuntu?

First, figure out what kind of soundcard you have.  That's "/sbin/lspci | grep 
audio".  If I do that, I get:

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio 
Controller (rev a2) 

...which is supported by the snd_intel8x0 module, no problem.  If you have a 
new soundcard, it may not be supported by the older kernel that shipped with 
Ubuntu 8.04, which may mean all you have to do is do a kernel update and 
reboot.  Or if you have something like a higher-end Creative soundcard, it 
may require more fiddling.  Post the output of the command above and someone 
should be able to advise you.

If all else fails, I have an ES1371 PCI card sitting in my junk drawer which 
*will* work for sound (only in 2-channel) though its joystick port may be 
broken.

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