[SOLVED] I just discovered that I have no sound

[JimBoCol]

I didn't realize that I did not have sound until now. I found another post about that, but my situation seems to be different. I issued the same commands from the post, and here are the results.

jim@TP-T23:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801CAICH3 [Intel 82801CA-ICH3], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801CA-ICH3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
jim@TP-T23:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 021d
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 96
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
	Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-ebffffff
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0220
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0220
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0220
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=08, sec-latency=64
	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00006fff
	Memory behind bridge: c0200000-cfffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0220
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 1860 [size=16]
	Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0220
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0222
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
	I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (rev 05)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 01fc
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at e2000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: savagefb

02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller
	Subsystem: IBM Device 023b
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: f0000000-f3fff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: c4000000-c7fff000
	I/O window 0: 00002000-000020ff
	I/O window 1: 00002400-000024ff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller
	Subsystem: IBM Device 023b
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at 51000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: f4000000-f7fff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: c8000000-cbfff000
	I/O window 0: 00002800-000028ff
	I/O window 1: 00002c00-00002cff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

02:02.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k (rev 01)
	Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Device 0410
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at 6440 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 6000 [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0209
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	I/O ports at 6400 [size=64]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100

07:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
	Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Device 3a6e
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k
	Kernel modules: ath9k

jim@TP-T23:~$

How do I enable sound?

Thanks,
Jim.

[oz]

You can find a couple of nice articles that might help you to troubleshoot Ubuntu sound issues here:

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

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems

[JimBoCol]

You can find a couple of nice articles that might help you to troubleshoot Ubuntu sound issues here:

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

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems

thanks a million!
all set.

Jim.