ALSA--> Sound not working
 

Hi, I am using ubuntu, and i am trying to get my sound working.
At the moment i can get neither onboard or my soundcard to work.
I however no they both worked with yoper automaticly.

When I type alsaconf in the console it cannot find the command.
Does this meen I do not have alsa?

If I remember correctly, Ubuntu uses arts by default. What soundcard do you have and what is the output of lsmod?

My soundcard is a SB audigy.
I am sorry but I do not know was an lsmod is....
Care to explain?
Also what is arts?

Thanks in advance for your help.

you have to issue command lsmod in the console/shell and paste your output here. I am having similar problems with arts.. is it possible to use alsa instead in ubuntu?

Thanks

Here is the output when i typed lsmod into the console:

Module Size Used by
nls_cp437 5888 1
isofs 33720 1
udf 77060 0
proc_intf 4100 0
freq_table 4100 0
cpufreq_userspace 4572 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6172 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
video 16260 0
sony_acpi 6280 0
pcc_acpi 11264 0
button 6800 0
battery 10244 0
container 4608 0
ac 4996 0
ipv6 229504 9
ohci1394 31876 0
emu10k1_gp 3840 0
gameport 4608 1 emu10k1_gp
snd_emu10k1 81668 0
snd_rawmidi 22944 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device 8332 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_util_mem 4608 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 9220 1 snd_emu10k1
af_packet 20744 2
shpchp 86116 0
pci_hotplug 30512 1 shpchp
snd_intel8x0 29984 2
snd_ac97_codec 64608 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 47652 1
snd_mixer_oss 16768 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 84872 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_ oss
snd_timer 23300 1 snd_pcm
ati_remote 12168 0
snd 50276 10 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwde p,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9824 3 snd
snd_page_alloc 9604 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
forcedeth 16128 0
ehci_hcd 29444 0
ohci_hcd 19848 0
usbcore 107384 4 ati_remote,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
i2c_nforce2 6400 0
i2c_core 21264 1 i2c_nforce2
nvidia_agp 7452 1
agpgart 31784 1 nvidia_agp
floppy 54864 0
pcspkr 3816 0
rtc 12216 0
md 43856 0
dm_mod 53116 1
evdev 9088 0
capability 5000 0
tsdev 7488 0
commoncap 7808 1 capability
sr_mod 16036 0
sbp2 22408 0
scsi_mod 119936 2 sr_mod,sbp2
ieee1394 100408 2 ohci1394,sbp2
psmouse 19336 0
mousedev 11160 1
parport_pc 34372 1
lp 10792 0
parport 33480 2 parport_pc,lp
ide_cd 38532 1
cdrom 36508 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ext3 120968 2
jbd 54168 1 ext3
ide_generic 1664 0
ide_disk 18176 4
amd74xx 13340 1
ide_core 118988 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
unix 26164 722
thermal 13576 0
processor 22708 1 thermal
fan 4612 0
fbcon 34048 0
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5120 1 fbcon
vesafb 6948 0
cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3584 1 vesafb

by the way what is arts?

how does any body find out what sound card he uses

`lspci` should show you your soundcard if it's PCI or onboard. General instructions for ALSA can be had here.