When I installed from my Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron CD my Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller worked perfectly - life was good.
As usual when installing Linux there were many updates available including :
linux-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
linux-headers-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
linux-image-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
linux-restricted-modules-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
I held off on installing these because they were a bit large (over 15mb) and my poor DSL connection simply can not handle it! So last night I decided to run the update before I went to bed in hopes that it would correct a problem I'm having with apps randomly crashing (Firefox, Opera, etc).
Well upon bootup today my audio did not work at all. When I tried to open the volume controls (via the Volume Applet in Gnome) it spit out some error about no devices found, and so on.
A quick visit to Synaptic to uninstall the above packages plus a quick reboot and once again I have sound!
Short version :
These upgrades broke my support for the Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller :
linux-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21By uninstalling these packages and reverting to the 2.6.24.16.18 chain I was able to get my sound working again (reboot required).
linux-headers-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
linux-image-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
linux-restricted-modules-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.19.21
Enjoy!
