kazuya@ubuntu:~$ alsamixer kazuya@ubuntu:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
0000:01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
kazuya@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
isofs 32824 0
udf 75524 0
ppdev 9092 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_stats 5124 0
cpufreq_userspace 4444 0
cpufreq_ondemand 5916 0
cpufreq_conservative 6820 0
freq_table 4484 1 cpufreq_stats
rfcomm 34972 0
l2cap 22404 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 43012 4 rfcomm,l2cap
apm 19308 2
ipv6 217408 6
af_packet 20232 2
joydev 9280 0
analog 10528 0
gameport 14472 1 analog
snd_mpu401 6344 0
snd_mpu401_uart 6784 1 snd_mpu401
snd_rawmidi 22816 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8204 1 snd_rawmidi
irtty_sir 7808 0
sir_dev 17324 1 irtty_sir
irda 159804 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev
crc_ccitt 2176 1 irda
floppy 52692 0
pcspkr 3652 0
rtc 11832 0
ohci1394 30644 0
pci_hotplug 24628 0
snd_intel8x0 30144 1
snd_ac97_codec 72188 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 46368 0
snd_mixer_oss 16128 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78344 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21764 1 snd_pcm
snd 48644 12 snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mi xer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9184 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 6528 0
i2c_core 19728 1 i2c_nforce2
nvidia_agp 7964 1
agpgart 32328 1 nvidia_agp
nls_iso8859_1 4224 1
nls_cp437 5888 1
vfat 12288 1
fat 46492 1 vfat
ext3 115976 1
jbd 48536 1 ext3
dm_mod 50364 0
tsdev 7616 0
evdev 9088 0
sr_mod 15652 0
sbp2 21128 0
ieee1394 90936 2 ohci1394,sbp2
psmouse 26116 0
mousedev 10912 1
parport_pc 31812 1
lp 11460 0
parport 32072 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
md 40656 0
reiserfs 217200 1
processor 23100 0
usbhid 30688 0
sata_sil 9476 0
skge 33040 0
forcedeth 19072 0
ehci_hcd 29448 0
ohci_hcd 18564 0
usbcore 104188 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_cd 36996 0
cdrom 33952 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_disk 16128 5
ide_generic 1664 0
sata_nv 9092 0
libata 47876 2 sata_sil,sata_nv
scsi_mod 124872 3 sr_mod,sbp2,libata
amd74xx 12828 1
ide_core 125268 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,amd74xx
unix 24624 613
vesafb 8088 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 6784 1 capability
vga16fb 12232 1
vgastate 8320 1 vga16fb
softcursor 2432 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbimgblt 2944 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbfillrect 3840 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbcopyarea 4480 2 vesafb,vga16fb
fbcon 34176 72
tileblit 2560 1 fbcon
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5248 1 fbcon
kazuya@ubuntu:~$ alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found
kazuya@ubuntu:~$ sudo alsaconf
Password:
sudo: alsaconf: command not found
kazuya@ubuntu:~$


My motherboard is a A7N8X-E deluxe nforce 2 sound card. alsa is set to 1.09b

any ideas?

Have you tried a sound mixer to see what's muted. For example, tvtime had no sound until mic was unmuted and the volume set above zero. There are a number of sound sources in Linux and some by default are installed as muted.

exactly see about the mixer.

EDIT: I solved the issue myself. I recall in a vectorlinux / ubuntu forum being asked to disable the second sound card from bios.

Solution: Go into Bios> Integrated peripherals> disable ac or nforce sound card.
When you now run sudo alsaconf, you only see the proper sound cards select it and hit okay.