Hi very new to ubuntu only two weeks i have a gigabyte MB EP245-DS3P running ubuntu 8.04 and can only get sound very softly speakers at ten sounds like they are on one. I have loaded the good the bad and the ugly as well as other gstreamers to no avail can any one help.Do i have to buy a sound card if so what is the best for ubuntu 8.04.Thank you in advance.

I have a Gigabyte board also, works like a charm. Mine is a different model though.

O.K. so open a command prompt and run the command as root 'lspci' cut and paste the results. Then we'll know what sound hardware you have.

Also run the command 'lsmod | grep snd' cut and paste the results. All commands without quotes.

Also open a mixer, and make sure the volume is turned up, it may just be turned too low to hear well.

You should not need a separate sound card, unless you are not happy with the quality of sound.

mick@mick-desktop:~$ sudo lspci
[sudo] password for mick:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Eaglelake DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Eaglelake PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 5
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 6
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0401 (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev ff)
05:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
05:07.0 IDE interface: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Unknown device 8213
mick@mick-desktop:~$

mick@mick-desktop:~$ sudo lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel 440408 3
snd_pcm_oss 47648 0
snd_mixer_oss 20224 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 92168 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 13200 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 12552 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 5764 0
snd_seq_oss 38912 0
snd_seq_midi 10688 0
snd_rawmidi 29856 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 63232 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 27912 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 10644 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 70856 17 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 10400 1 snd
mick@mick-desktop:~$

You seem to have the correct sound modules inserted. What happens when you tried the mixer?

sorry mate mixer ?

Open a konsole, and type 'alsamixer' ( without the quotes ) you should see a series of vertical coloured bars representing various mixer settings. Use the arrow keys to adjust settings.

Thank you for your help found mixer and surround was turned off you guys from this site are the greatest especially you and so is ubuntu when you get used to it. Thank you Thank you.

You are most welcome, glad to help.