Having the same problem with up to date Feisty on Dell Latitude D610 laptop.
hal-device|grep 'alsa' reports 17: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer' info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer' (string) alsa.device_file = '/dev/snd/timer' (string) alsa.type = 'timer' (string) info.capabilities = { 'alsa' } (string list) info.category = 'alsa' (string) 18: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer' info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer' (string) alsa.device_file = '/dev/snd/seq' (string) alsa.type = 'sequencer' (string) info.capabilities = { 'alsa' } (string list) info.category = 'alsa' (string) The soundcard is a 82801FB (ICH6 family) Picked this up when trying to use module-hal-detect from pulseaudio -- Hal doesn't detect my soundcard https://launchpad.net/bugs/77451 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs