don't get sound

As far as the Aladin IV I'm not 100% certain, but if I was having the problem here is what I would do:
* I would mess around with the settings for System->Preferences->Sound and System->Preferences->Multimedia Settings.
* Additionally I would attempt to "cat /etc/passwd > /dev/dsp" (that that less the quotes in a terminal)that might give some information reguarding the problem. It might say something like permission denied or device unavailable.
* I would Check the web page for ALSA (http://www.alsa-project.org/)
* Read my log files (in /var/log and the output of the command "dmesg")
* If all else fails I would try Google (or maybe I would try that first :)

The USB Handset can play sounds because it has access to the codec. By music you probably mean MP3. MP3 is a priopriatary format and because of this you cannot Ubuntu cannot include it by default, but you can get easy access to mp3s by reading the following: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats?action=show&redirect=mpeg

As for the 'pps': grub is Ubuntu's boot loader. Assuming that windows is configured in it changing the default option should be easy. As root you will need to edit the file named /boot/grub/menu.lst
It should be obvious after that.

And the second 'pps': If what you say about the word doc is true you should file a bug.

This page might help also:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems

MIke

I have very very low output on my system - but when I boot into windows I get very high performace.

the terminal output is as follows
hubert@hubert-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
05:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
hubert@hubert-desktop:~$

can you help me ?

Thanks