recompiled alsa drivers as per Holmen's instructions above. went into alsamixer to check that no channels were muted - none were.
still didnt work. fresh feisty install. my alsa diagnostics output is here: http://pastebin.ca/666902 and here is other output: >aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 >lspci 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2) >cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xb0000000 irq 20 the maddening thing about this is that when i play an mp3 in Beep or Totem, the oscilloscopes show that *something* is playing - but i can hear anything. (i have a Gateway laptop) -- Not work Audio device: "nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs