[ale] Sound not working in Jaunty

[James Sumners]

I know it isn't a "card", that's why I didn't suggest taking it out :)

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Jim Lynch
<ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> On 07/29/2010 09:16 PM, James Sumners wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
> I agree, OSS was easier to get working.  The VIA isn't a card, it's the
> built in that no one reliably supports.  (Or did).  I happened across
> the Preferences->Sound->Hardware tab that actually let me disable the
> VIA device and when I did, the audio magically started working.  I'm amazed!
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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