Sound problems Warth Warthog (with Windows XP issue) and fix.

[Lee Colleton]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:20:50 +1030, Paul Schulz <pschulz01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I recently installed Ubuntu Warty Warthog on a brand new Desktop (i686
> - Celeron).
> 
> After installing Ubuntu Linux, I reinstalled Windows XP on the first partition
> (this was required for testing of another intermediate reboot fault.)
> After this installation, the sound card (on motherboard) stopped
> outputting sound.
> (No sound driver was installed under Windows.)
> 
> SOLUTION: Install sound driver in Windows.
> Sound works again under Linux.
> 
> [Has anyone else experienced this problem? I tried various Google searches,
> and wasn't able find anything close to this issue.
> "Ubuntu sound missing"
> "Ubuntu audio lost" etc.]
> 
> Regards, Paul
> (Other keywords: module, modutils, audio, fix, sound missing)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > lspci
> ...
> 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97
> ...
> 
> > lspci -n
> ..
> 0000:00:11.5 Class 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 50)
> ...
> 
> > lspci | grep snd
> snd_via82xx            26660  3
> snd_ac97_codec         59268  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_pcm_oss            48296  0
> snd_mixer_oss          16640  3 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                85540  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              23300  1 snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc         11144  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> gameport                4736  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_mpu401_uart         7296  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_rawmidi            23232  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device          7944  1 snd_rawmidi
> snd                    50660  11
> snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixe
> r_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> soundcore               9824  3 snd
> 
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Be sure to run alsamixer to check that your sound output isn't muted. 
Both Master and PCM should be on (and CD, Mic or whatever other
sources you may be using).