sound card

Which sound package are you using?
Can you open the full mixer program and make sure there isn't a level level set to 0 or muted?
Have you made sure the speakers are plugged into the green socket properly and that they're on and not set at too low volume?

lol, good luck ;)

Well, my computer is an AMD Sempron 2600 and the Sound Card is an Ensoniq. The
driver is ens1371. The system seems to recognize the card, but no matter what I try I get no sound. I am new to Ubuntu!!

Thanks Tom, that solved my question.

Sorry, problem not solved, just hit the wrong button hi :-)

lol, good luck :)

Right click on the speaker icon up by the clock on the top taskbar. Down to 'Open Volume Control' that should open the full(ish) mixer window. Make sure the 3 controls - Master, Pcm and Front are all above zero.

Try having something playing as you gently raise them all up a bit. I have my speaker volume set so that 2 of those controls tend to need to be right near the top and then i find altering the other one has a significant impact.

Welcome in to Linux communities btw, hope you enjoy :)

Oh, when you opened the Volume Control mixer did it say it was the Alsa Mixer?

Hi, please try following Question #57298 and see if anything in there can help

Good luck with this
Regards from
Tom

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)

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