Good idea ... I'll check the drivers that 7.10 boots with ... Thanks.<br><br>Also, I dropped in another audio card from a machine that was working to see if that does the trick. I'll also try the "system ->preferences -> sound" tweak. (My machine is actually a Dell 8300 Dimension - not the 9300 as I had previously typed...)<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:50 PM, John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Boot it again with the same LiveCD as before, verify that sound is working<br> correctly, then check what driver it's using, what IRQ, etc.<br> <br> Then you can tweak the settings to match on the installed system.<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> On Fri, April 18, 2008 1:33 pm, Brian DeLacey said:<br> > I have an older Dell 9300. It has a Dell/Soundblaster sound card in it (SB<br> > Live! Value ) This card, based upon a web search, is known to have<br> > problems.<br> ><br> > Here's the puzzle: It worked fine when I did a pre-test of this machine<br> > using a "Live CD" session from the 7.10 CD.Things booted up fine and sound<br> > played (much to my surrise.) However, when I installed the 4/17/80 daily<br> > build, sound no longer works.<br> ><br> > Any suggestions, possible causes or work-arounds? Thanks for any ideas.<br> ><br> > --<br> > Brian<br> ><br> </div></div>> --<br> > This message has been scanned for viruses and<br> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br> > believed to be clean.<br> ><br> > --<br> <div class="Ih2E3d">> Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a><br> ><br> <br> <br> </div>--<br> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix<br> IM: <a href="mailto:jabr@jabber.blu.org">jabr@jabber.blu.org</a> / abreauj@AIM / abreauj@Yahoo / zusa_it_mgr@Skype<br> Email <a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org">jabr@blu.org</a> / WWW <a href="http://www.abreau.net" target="_blank">http://www.abreau.net</a> / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9<br> PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99<br> <font color="#888888"><br> <br> --<br> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br> believed to be clean.<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> --<br> Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Brian