Problems using the sound card on My Thinkpad

[David Strauss]

On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 23:21 -0400, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> I have been using Ubuntu Linux for all of 3 and a half hours when I
> posted this.  I am trying to listen to some CD's but the system is
> telling me that It can't find my sound card.  This makes no sense to me
> because at the login screen I get the Startup sound.  Can anyone point
> me in the right direction?

There are different sound systems in Linux, namely OSS, ALSA, ARTS, and
ESD. GNOME in Ubuntu uses ESD by default. Try running your program with
ESD (easiest option) or configuring ALSA (better option). There are
guides to configuring ESD and ALSA together on the forums.

-- 
David Strauss <ubuntu at david.endeavorcomputing.com>