Gateway 7510GX AMD 64 No sound
 

Ok folks, Got a Gateway 7510GX AMD64 with Kubuntu 8.10 and I got no sound.

Sound card is ATI IXP SB400. I've gone into KMIX and ensured nothing is muted. Tried several "Master channels" with no effect. I've tried sound everyway I can think of: via Amarok, CD, Pandora, movies, etc.

Got nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LSPCI output is:

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)

LSMOD output is:
snd_atiixp 27796 2
crypto_blkcipher 27780 1 ecb
snd_seq_dummy 11524 0
snd_atiixp_modem 23052 0
snd_ac97_codec 133080 2 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem
snd_seq_oss 42368 0
ac97_bus 10368 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi 15872 0
snd_pcm_oss 52608 0
snd_mixer_oss 25088 1 snd_pcm_oss
b43 144424 0
snd_rawmidi 34176 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm 99208 4 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi_event 16768 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
rfkill 19364 3 rfkill_input,b43
snd_seq 67168 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
serio_raw 14596 0
pcspkr 11136 0
snd_timer 34320 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac80211 253440 1 b43
snd_seq_device 16404 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 51612 0
evdev 20512 12
k8temp 13568 0
snd 79432 15 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm ,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 37136 1 mac80211
soundcore 16800 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 17680 3 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_pcm

Went to the following site:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...Native_devices

followed the steps downloaded and unzipped alsa drivers, utils, plugins, lib, etc... I modified the /etc/module file as it instructed.

Initially, my changes seemed to have no effect, once I rebooted I seem to be good now. Amarok, headphones, Pandora radio through Firefox, and through movies. So I believe I actually fixed my own problem! Go figure!