Codec + Mixer: Realtek ALC888 - UNCLAIMED CA0106 Soundblaster - driver=HDA Intel for ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01) - sound not working on MSI 945GCM7 motherboard (Microstar MS-7507) in Ubuntu 9.04 - using ALSA 1.0.20

03:01.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster [1102:0007]
/usr/sbin/alsactl
snd_hda_codec_realtek 205060 1
snd_hda_intel 34120 3
snd_hda_codec 83584 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 15364 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45984 0
snd_mixer_oss 22912 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 36224 0
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57584 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29192 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15372 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd 66852 17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 17032 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

I am trying to get sound out of my creative sound blaster live! 24 bit card and I'm not even seeing it as an option
in my sound menu, any help?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

I've been through that link a few times and still nothing, after updating the Alsa kernel, it now says my sound blaster card isn't connected. It's not picking up my sound card at all when it was before. I've disabled my onboard, unplugged my sound card, I've tried every suggestion and still nothing. I would even just want stereo sound out of the sound blaster card but I'm getting nothing now.

Please send us the output from step 3 and step 4 from

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

Please also specify the exact model and make of pc that you are using.

And which version of Ubuntu are you using?

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh

bash alsa-info.sh

ALSA Information Script v 0.4.58
--------------------------------

This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware.

  dmesg
  lspci
  lsmod
  aplay
  amixer
  alsactl
  /proc/asound/
  /sys/class/sound/
  ~/.asoundrc (etc.)

See 'alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options.

alsa-info.sh version 0.4.58

Available options:
 --with-aplay (includes the output of aplay -l)
 --with-amixer (includes the output of amixer)
 --with-alsactl (includes the output of alsactl)
 --with-configs (includes the output of ~/.asoundrc and
     /etc/asound.conf if they exist)
 --with-devices (shows the device nodes in /dev/snd/)
 --with-dmesg (shows the ALSA/HDA kernel messages)

 --output FILE (specify the file to output for no-upload mode)
 --update (check server for script updates)
 --upload (upload contents to remote server)
 --no-upload (do not upload contents to remote server)
 --pastebin (use http://pastebin.ca) as remote server
     instead www.alsa-project.org
 --stdout (print alsa information to standard output
     instead of a file)
 --about (show some information about the script)
 --debug (will run the script as normal, but will not
      delete /tmp/alsa-info.vTutYtrGAj/alsa-info.txt)

I am using a Chaos PC:
MSI 945GCM7
Intel 2180
DDR667

Ubuntu 9.04

Please send us the output of the following commands:

When the ALSA information scripts asks "Automatically upload ALSA information to pastebin? [y/N]" , please enter y and press <enter>

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh

bash alsa-info.sh --pastebin

Please also send us the output from step 4 from

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

--2009-09-05 16:47:29-- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
Resolving www.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Connecting to www.alsa-project.org|212.20.107.51|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh [following]
--2009-09-05 16:47:31-- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Reusing existing connection to www.alsa-project.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: `alsa-info.sh'

    [ <=> ] 26,584 20.3K/s in 1.3s

2009-09-05 16:47:34 (20.3 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [26584]

ALSA Information Script v 0.4.58
--------------------------------

This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware.

  dmesg
  lspci
  lsmod
  aplay
  amixer
  alsactl
  /proc/asound/
  /sys/class/sound/
  ~/.asoundrc (etc.)

See 'alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options.

Automatically upload ALSA information to pastebin? [y/N] : y
Uploading information to www.pastebin.ca ... Done!

Your ALSA information is located at http://pastebin.ca/1554972

Please inform the person helping you.

 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xcfd3c000 irq 16
[sudo] password for ryan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gnokii-common{u} libgnokii3{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 1012kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 134772 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libgnokii3 ...
Removing gnokii-common ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

Names of available sound cards:
Intel
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  *-multimedia
       description: Audio device
       product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
  *-multimedia UNCLAIMED
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: CA0106 Soundblaster
       vendor: Creative Labs
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:03:01.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2009-09-05 13:27 timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2009-09-05 13:27 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 2009-09-05 13:27 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 2009-09-05 13:27 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-09-05 13:27 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2009-09-05 13:27 controlC0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 200 2009-09-05 13:27 .
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2009-09-05 13:28 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2009-09-05 16:48 pcmC0D0p
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4320 2009-09-05 16:51 ..
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.20 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux ryan-desktop 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 18:40:08 UTC 2009 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xcfd3c000 irq 16

Audio devices:
0: ALC888 Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC888
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub [8086:2770] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b8] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c0] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
03:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 61)
03:00.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 61)
03:00.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 63)
03:01.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster [1102:0007]
/usr/sbin/alsactl
snd_hda_codec_realtek 205060 1
snd_hda_intel 34120 6
snd_hda_codec 83584 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 15364 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45984 0
snd_mixer_oss 22912 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 36224 0
snd_seq_midi_event 15232 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57584 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29192 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 15372 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd 66852 21 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 17032 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

Wow!
Brilliantly done! Very impressive work from both Mark and Ryan there!
Regards & respect from
Tom :)