why does windows xp home have sound, but ubuntu does not?

Can you provide your pc and sound card configuration.

How do I know sound card configuration?

My computer was custom built in 1999.

I have Ensoniq 5880 audio pci ( rev 02}

Ubuntu is on second internal hard drive.
  Thank you.

What do you mean by sound card configuration? Thanks.
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Subject: Re: [Question #37856]: why does windows xp home have sound,but
ubuntu does not?

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To get some info of your sound card, please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

lspci

lspci is lower of LSPCI, copy and paste result here.

Thank you

I now have pclinux 2008 MINIME on my second internal hard drive. I still do not have sound.[mark@localhost ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller (rev 25)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP Bridge (rev 01)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ISA (rev 01)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] IDE (rev 07)
00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ACPI (rev 03)
00:07.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] USB (rev 06)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
00:0c.0 Communication controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division WinModem
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] (rev 15)

May be this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/183686
but you can try to add the acpi=ht kernel parameter at boot to see if it helps http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=140604

To boot your installed Ubuntu try to pass the acpi=ht as kernel parameter

Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...

Press ESC.

Press "e" for edit.

Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, and press "e"

Go to the very end of the line, add acpi=ht

press enter, then press "b" to boot your system.

If you are able to listen audio then you must write this parameter into /etc/grub/menu.list

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Please edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst and add acpi=ht to the default kernel parameter

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

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

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

Search the row

# defoptions=........ your options

and add the "acpi=ht" parameter

# defoptions=........ your options acpi=ht

save and exit

then type:

sudo update-grub

Reboot your pc

Hope this helps

Will this method work for pclinux 2008?
I replaced Ubuntu.

 I put Ubuntu back on my computer; did what you said.
 WOO HOO!! IT WORKED. I HAVE SOUND.

 Thank You so much.
  You made my day.
 Sincerely , Mark

you are the bomb! I tried for a week to get my sound card working. I re-installed alsa , modules I even compiled alsa from scratch. I did everything in the trouble shooting guide. No joy. I stumbled upon this bug post, (after much google-fu) and did the simple grub edit. I have sound , joy joy,joy. I had sound with the same drivers with knoppix so I knew it was possible. Thank you so much. Hard to believe it was so simple. (I wish this fix was in the troubleshooting guide). Cheers to you!!!!

andyt wrote:
> Your question #37856 on gnome-terminal in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/37856
>
> andyt posted a new comment:
> you are the bomb! I tried for a week to get my sound card working. I
> re-installed alsa , modules I even compiled alsa from scratch. I did
> everything in the trouble shooting guide. No joy. I stumbled upon this
> bug post, (after much google-fu) and did the simple grub edit. I have
> sound , joy joy,joy. I had sound with the same drivers with knoppix so I
> knew it was possible. Thank you so much. Hard to believe it was so
> simple. (I wish this fix was in the troubleshooting guide). Cheers to
> you!!!!
>
>
You're welcome.