I no longer have access to the laptop, but apparently this is still an issue.
Quoting from bug 89365, on Feisty: Sound only comes after compiling and installing alsa 1.0.14rc2 (or rc1). .14rc3 seems to be on its way... I do not what is the expected release date for .14, but that would a very good idea to have it in if the ubuntu release focuses on hardware compatibilty. -- Sound not working on Asus F3J https://launchpad.net/bugs/63228 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs