[ale] Sound not working in Jaunty

[James Sumners]

Ugh, I hate ALSA. The Open Sound System just worked, despite its cruftyness.

Do you really need the VIA card? If you prevent the VIA module from
loading, then you effectively have one card in the machine -- the SB
Live.

See http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModuleBlacklisting for information on
how to prevent the VIA module from loading. Unless Ubuntu changed
that, too.

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Jim Lynch
<ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> I  problem is complicated by having two sound cards.  I had to put the
> SB Live card in to get sound working on Hardy.   Everything looks just
> wonderful.  All the modules are there and the  alsa-info.sh script
> doesn't report anything out of the ordinary.  I just get (almost) no sound.
>
> I haven't figured out how to tell the various utilities which card to
> use so I keep bouncing back and forth.  Guess I should hook up two
> speakers.
>
> Anyway I say "Almost" because the little bobbldee beep when Ubuntu
> starts up is produced.  However nothing else every works.  I did a cat
> /dev/random >/dev/audio and a cat /dev/random >/dev/dsp and heard
> nothing.  I have no idea what to do next.  Suggestions?
>
> If anyone wants to look at the complete file, see
> http://fayettedigital.com/alsa-info.txt
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
> !!Linux Distribution
> !!------------------
>
> Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
>
>
> !!DMI Information
> !!---------------
>
> Manufacturer:      System Manufacturer
> Product Name:      System Name
>
>
> !!Kernel Information
> !!------------------
>
> Kernel release:    2.6.31-22-generic
> Operating System:  GNU/Linux
> Architecture:      i686
> Processor:         unknown
> SMP Enabled:       Yes
>
>
> !!ALSA Version
> !!------------
>
> Driver version:     1.0.20
> Library version:    1.0.20
> Utilities version:  1.0.20
>
>
> !!Loaded ALSA modules
> !!-------------------
>
> snd_via82xx
> snd_emu10k1
>
>
> !!Sound Servers on this system
> !!----------------------------
>
> Pulseaudio:
>       Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
>       Running - Yes
>
> ESound Daemon:
>       Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
>       Running - No
>
>
> !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
> !!-----------------------------
>
>  0 [V8237          ]: VIA8237 - VIA 8237
>                       VIA 8237 with AD1980 at 0xe000, irq 22
>  1 [Live           ]: EMU10K1 - SB Live! Value [CT4780]
>                       SB Live! Value [CT4780] (rev.7,
> serial:0x80221102) at 0xb400, irq 16
>
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