creative sound blaster recognized, but not playing sound

Please try to watch what audio cards are detected on your system please type:

asoundconf list

if more than one sound cards is detected by your system to set the default soundcard

asoundconf set-default-card PARAMETER

change PARAMETER with the name of a one detected sound card

Hope this helps

awesomeness thank you

Type asoundconf list where?

I am having some kind of problem with my sound functions.

First, I have been unable to get any kind of response from my headset/boom mik.

Second, I did have sound coming through my external speakers, but yesterday that disappeared. I have no idea what I may have done to make it stop working.

When I go into the Sound settings, I get good test results on everything but the audio conferencing sound capture. And I have no idea what I'm supposed to select for the default mixer track device.

Third, I have been attempting to set up the Ekiga program. I go through the configure druid, but whenever I get to NAR autodetect, the system freezes up and I have to reboot.

Please try to watch what audio cards are detected on your system.

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

asoundconf list

if more than one sound cards is detected by your system to set the default soundcard

asoundconf set-default-card PARAMETER

change PARAMETER with the name of a one detected sound card

Hope this helps

Or Use asoundconf-gtk first install it:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install asoundconf-gtk

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then type:

asoundconf-gtk

and select the audio card to put as default system card.

Hope this helps

Thanks. That essentially answered my question about where to enter command lines.

The procedure successfully installed asoundconf-gtk. When I attempted to run it, I got the Default Sound Card window. It was empty but divided into two blocks at the bottom. I clicked on the left box and got a listing of three choices: default, Intel, and UOx4710x379. I didn't recognize any of those as my sound card. I selected "default." When I clicked on the right box, the window closed. I don't understand what happened.

Also, when I booted up the computer this morning, the sound worked fine on my speakers. I don't know that it works on the headset.

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Question #33746 on asoundconf-gtk in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/asoundconf-gtk/+question/33746

marcobra posted a new comment:
Or Use asoundconf-gtk first install it:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and
type:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install asoundconf-gtk

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you
type it, then press enter.

Then type:

asoundconf-gtk

and select the audio card to put as default system card.

Hope this helps

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 I do all that, but the choices offered in the dialog box are just those three listed above, and I don't recognize any of them as the audio card in the computer. Is it possible that ubuntu is misreading the audio card identifier?

To help you better we need some infos about your hardware so please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

lspci

lspci is lower of LSPCI

copy and paste result here.

Then try also to disable accessing your PC bios the embedded motherboard cards.

Thank you

Here's what I got:

martin@martin-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
03:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 04)
martin@martin-desktop:~$

It looks like this identifies the audio card as that Intel choice. I didn't know I had an Intel card, but I guess I do.

As I'm old and technologically inept, I don't know how to disable all the cards listed above.

Yes:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)

But if you can try also to disable using bios the conexant modem if you are not using it.

03:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem

Hope this helps

Yes, I should disconnect that modem. What's the procedure on that? Or where would I find instructions on how to do these kinds of things?

The sound system is still not working correctly. But there has been a change in that the System>Preferences>Sound is not presenting me more options, including the SigmaTel audio card that is what I've really got in the computer.

I know the system is working because I get the opening Ubuntu anthem when I boot up and have gone through the sign-in process. But I'm puzzled about that Intel reading and by the fact I'm getting no sound off of videos.

hi new ubuntu user here, using a creative labs soundblaster audiology 2 sound card but not getting any sound! thes results of lspci are below, if anyone can help me i would be very grateful.

Pete

ps tried all of the above with no joy!

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741 Host (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
00:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

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