[Bug 34785] Sound driver not automatically installed

[Fabián Rodríguez]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/34785

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
Using Dapper Flight 5, fresh install.
Machine is a PIII Compaq SFF with integrated ESS Audiodriver ES1869F.

output of /proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.15-18-686 (buildd at rothera) (gcc version 4.0.3 20060304 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.2-10ubuntu1)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 9 15:29:22 UTC 2006

Audio was working fine in Breezy, automatically detected+installed. When
installing DF5 (not dist-upgraded, fresh installed), audio is not longer
configured and sound mixer applet shows a red X. This seems to be the
same bug described in Bug #27384. I am filing this under udev as per
Seveas advice in #ubuntu+1

After following instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems I was able to manually load the driver doing:
sudo mod-probe snd-es18xx irq=5 port=0x220

Sound then works normally (video, CD, applications, etc.). I also got an
indication from the taskbar that a new audio peripheral was installed
and it opened a dialog to select the default sound system - can't
remember exactly the contents but the ESS was the only choice.

I believe ES18xx based sound cards/integrated systems are pretty common
and this should be easier to configure, even if it has to be done
manually. I am not sure the how-to I followed is something I would
suggest anyone to follow, although it is simple.

I have attached files containing lspci and dmesg information.