[Techtalk] Silent Hardy Ubuntu

[Valerie David]

And I knew I would forget something - The version of Ubuntu is 8.04.

On 8/31/08, Valerie David <bearrfeet65 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The speakers and sound card work in Mandriva, and the OS that I
> dislike (XP) but not Ubuntu. I tried modprobe emu10k1, but had no
> result. I tried aplay -l, however, and the results had emu10k1 listed
> for my card. I have seen on the Ubuntu boards there is an issue with
> PulseAudio and Sound Blaster cards, but each fix recommended didn't
> work for me. Unless I missed something entirely, which is a
> possibility for me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Valerie
>
> On 8/31/08, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday 30 August 2008 19:49:40 Valerie David wrote:
>>> I have tried so very hard to refrain to asking for help here, but this
>>> problem has vexed me. It doesn't help that I'm operating at diminished
>>> capacity (personally) at the moment.
>>>
>>> My problem is that Ubuntu refuses to load the drivers for Sound
>>> Blaster Live - emu10k1
>>>
>>> The speakers work fine; the card works fine. I have tried the
>>> troubleshooting steps and the tips mentioned in the Ubuntu forum. I
>>> can't however remember everything I have tried. Diminished capacity.
>>
>> I'm feeling a bit diminished-capacity myself :). If the sound card and
>> speakers work fine, what are you trying to fix? Or is it that you had them
>> working before, but not now?
>>
>> Which version of ubuntu are you using? Have you tried 'modprobe emu10k1'
>> as
>> a
>> test to see if that fixes the problem? If it does, then we can look at
>> making
>> it permanent, since that won't survive a restart.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Carla
>>
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