Prefs, Sound, Defult, doesn't 'work'

[Russ Goddard]

Carl Karsten wrote:
> I have 2 sound cards:
>
> carl at amd15:~$ lspci|grep audio
> 0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] 
> (rev 02)
> 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 30)
>
> one is not working right (I get weird echos- see
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1250653#post1250653 )
>
> So I want to use the other.  so I hit System, Preferences, Sound, change
> "Default sound card" from "VIA 8223" to "Ensoniq AudioPCI", hit "Close".
Hi,

I only have one sound card, and that looks like an on board sound card.  
If so, try turning off the sound card in BIOS setup and see what happens.

Take care,
Russ