New to Ubuntu...

[Dan Farrell]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:43:05 +0100
"Benjamin Kircher" <benjamin.kircher at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've searched a little bit for the Conexant AMC audio AC'97
> controller at Google/in the forums, but found nothing really helpful.
> Anyone?

1) Check output of 'lspci' (if available on ubuntu) to see what the
chipset is.  I think 'conexant' are really realteks but am not sure.  

2) chances are the sound card is supported.  I haven't heard of one
that wasn't in a long time.  You may need to use 'lspci' to find out
what the hardware is.