hardy sound

[George Borusiewich]

Although I have been dual-booting linux since Ubuntu 6.06, I still 
consider myself a "newbie" because I haven't bothered to dig deeper 
into  linux as an operating system. Right from my first install of 
Ubuntu 6.06, my computer has worked flawlessly (and without any 
corrections, modifications, tweaking, etc.). I installed Hardy 8.04 and 
my soundcard stopped working (no sound). The only sound that I do get is 
the drumroll when the log-in window opens. I logged onto 2 forums on 
Hardy sound, and they both suggested that Hardy's default usage of 
"PulseAudio" (instead of the previous default usage of ALSA) was the 
problem. I changed the default in my Hardy installation to ALSA. The 
several test signals now sounded a tone (which they did not do under 
PulseAudio), but still no sound. I re-installed Ubuntu 7.10, and 
glorious sound came out of my speakers! Do I now wait for Ubuntu 8.10 to 
fix the problem?  George Borusiewich