No sound Ubuntu 10.10 (have SB Live! card)
- by Chris Frazier
I am new to Linux/Ubuntu and I just installed 10.10 on my Dell Desktop PC that was running Windows XP. The PC is about 5-6 years old and the sound card it has is a SoundBlaster Live! card. The Sound Preferences recognizes the card as [SB Live! Value] EMU10k1X. It is currently set to Analog Stereo Duplex.
I tried multiple other sound configurations and nothing works. No sound but some clicks come out of the speakers. I ran the system test and during the audio tests the same thing happened, just clicks and pops.
I tried to play some music with Rhythmbox and when it tries to play a track it tries for several seconds and then just closes itself, or sometimes just doesn't play.
I ran a check for drivers, but the only driver it found to install was for my nVidia video card. It did not show any drivers for the sound card.
Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get the sound to work?