Comment 19 for bug 156013

Hi Newtnx,

I gave up on anyone fixing this problem with the ALSA in Ubuntu and all other linux distributions I've tried (10+).

The fix is to replace ALSA with hat using the Open Sound System (OSS). See the link below.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

After following these instructions my laptop speakers finally produced sound! And I'd been trying to figure out how to do this for countless hours over the last year.