audigy SB on 9.04: fix or pitch?

[quailwoods]

I have no sound on my dell e520, haven't for some time. tried upgrading to 9.04, nothing, installed soundblaster and am told it "does not work, falling back to pulse audio." That doesn't work either. Have tried MANY patches, none of which work, and I'm wondering if I need to throw computer away and start with another, remove soundblaster, or wait for 9.10 and hope for a miracle. These are most recent printouts:
walt@desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for walt:
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
walt@desktop:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 0: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 1: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 2: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 3: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
walt@desktop:~$ lspci -nn| grep audio
03:02.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster [1102:0007]
walt@desktop:~$ aplay -L
front:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
Front speakers
rear:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
Rear speakers
center_lfe:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
Center and Subwoofer speakers
side:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
Side speakers
surround40:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0
CA0106, CA0106
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
Can somebody with a brain the size of a planet help?

[lmilano]

Re: audigy SB on 9.04: fix or pitch?

Just

kdesudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

and add

options snd-hda-intel model=ref

Reboot and enjoy

More here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/363721

Cheers!

[quailwoods]

Re: audigy SB on 9.04: fix or pitch?

Tried adding options snd-hda-intel model=ref and it still doesn't work. I've checked all the volumes, downloaded patches and new programs, bought a new sound card (it is detected but the system says "audio playback device does not work, falling back to pulse audio" and THAT doesn't work. I tried shifting it to another socket and disabling HDA intel and THAT didn't work. Can it be that this hardware is just broken somehow?