[ubuntu-uk] No sound on HP desktop!

[Daniel Drummond]

2009/10/24 alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com>:
> john wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I have a HP Pavilion desktop pc with tv card (that I never use)
>> Have just installed Ubuntu but there is no sound, I have also had
>> trouble with the sound drivers under windows XP.
>>
>> Also the terminal freezes after the first sudo apt line when it asks for
>> the password.
>>
>> Can anyone explain how to add the sound driver and unfreeze the terminal
>> please ?
>>

You will need to provide information about the hardware (specifically
what sound card the machine has) in order for anyone to help.

Model number of PC would be helpful.

As would the output of

lspci

and

lsmod

and

running

dmesg

after booting

Dan