just as a prefix to my question, i'd like to note that i'm just now entering the world of Linux (unless you count my android, but that's a very different experience...)
i have two computers now that run Ubuntu 11.10, the first of which i've had very little problems with, aside from figuring out the basics.
the second, from which i'm writing this question, has (up to this point) only had one problem.... no sound.
i've read a couple questions similiar and found little help as the component catalog doesn't have my computer listed. (in fact i'm not suprised this is a pos i had my mom grab from her work before they officially closed the doors behind them)
had perfect sound before hand, and no sound now.
sudo lspci -v brings up
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device d608
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
Memory at ff980000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
any help would be greatly appreciated, me and my gf just wanna watch a damn movie lol