new to ubuntu, and after installation, i have no sounds.

I tried the test module under sound preferences and nothing worked. volume is on, and i checked applications for possible software. a friend of mine suggested including this information. again, no start up sounds, video, cd play anything.

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        Memory at d0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
        Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at d0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at d0280000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
        Memory at d0340000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: 68000000-680fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        Memory at d0544000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
        Memory behind bridge: d0100000-d01fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 18b0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 18a4 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 18a8 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 18a0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 1890 [size=16]
        Memory at d0544400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 18c0 [size=32]

06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 1363
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at 68000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

08:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30a5
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
        Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>