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# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
 
i get a faint tone when using the 5.1 plug ins, but nothing when using only the stereo plug in. when testing the tone I get it from the options that say (OSS) and not the one's that say (ALSA)
 
i find it strange that it loads so many soundcards. when i ran that card on the various distros (granted none were ubuntu), that didn't happen.

try commenting out cards 1 - 7 by adding a # at the beginning of each of the lines. reboot and see what happens.
 
what I actually can't understand is why I got stereo sound out of it one moment and the next nothing
 
just thought of something. does ubuntu use pulseaudio? that might be an issue. unfortunately i don't use pulseaudio so if that is causing issues i will draw a blank.
 
there is the option for a pulse audio server when going into the sound settings
 
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un flashplugin-no <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10- 0.10.14-1ubunt GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii libpulse-brows 1:0.9.14-0ubun PulseAudio client libraries (zeroconf suppor
ii libpulse-mainl 1:0.9.14-0ubun PulseAudio client libraries (glib support)
ii libpulse0 1:0.9.14-0ubun PulseAudio client libraries
un libpulsecore8 <none> (no description available)
ii libpulsecore9 1:0.9.14-0ubun PulseAudio sound server core
un libsdl1.2debia <none> (no description available)
ii pulseaudio 1:0.9.14-0ubun PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-eso 1:0.9.14-0ubun PulseAudio ESD compatibility layer
ii pulseaudio-mod 1:0.9.14-0ubun GConf module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-mod 1:0.9.14-0ubun HAL device detection module for PulseAudio s
un pulseaudio-mod <none> (no description available)
un pulseaudio-mod <none> (no description available)
ii pulseaudio-mod 1:0.9.14-0ubun X11 module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-mod 1:0.9.14-0ubun Zeroconf module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-uti 1:0.9.14-0ubun Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound
 
what was the last thing you did before it stopped picking the card up? when you think it is not picking up the card, what does aplay -l return?

as i said, when it comes to pulseaudio related, i have no knowledge. i always make sure i don't install it if the distro gives me a choice, or i delete it if the distro has it as a default.
 
I can't really remember what the last thing i did was. I also put the problem on the ubuntu forum and the guy there said i should just take the sound card out and use the onboard sound. I'm doing that for the time being because I'm getting a new distro this week and then I'm gonna try again. I will make sure to not use the pulseaudio if it is on the new distro. I just hope we don't have to get back to this problem again.
 
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