Well the problem has been solved. I was using Logitech USB speakers. When I
chose output as 'analog stereo output' instead of 'digital stereo output',
sound output was OK.

Thanks a lot.

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:04 PM, shababhsiddique
<email address hidden>wrote:

> solution to problem (as the problem is only with jaunty .. both intrepid
> and karmic workd fine i think a sol i enough to close the bug)-
>
> To do this, we must begin by determining our version of alsa as follows
> :
>
> cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.18rc3.
>
> To avoid problems during the upgrade of Alsa-utils, we need to stop it
> with the following command :
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop
> We must then install the necessary tools to compile along with the kernel
> headers :
>
> sudo apt-get -y install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext xmlto
> libasound2-dev
> sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` libncursesw5-dev
>
> Then, we go in our personal folder and download alsa-driver, alsa-lib
> and alsa-utils :
>
> cd ~
> rm -rf ~/alsa* ~/.pulse*
> wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
> wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.20.tar.bz2
> wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.20.tar.bz2
>
> After that, we create a new folder for the compilation and installation
> of the 3 files. Then, we move the 3 tar files that we just downloaded in
> this folder :
>
> sudo rm -rf /usr/src/alsa
> sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa
> cd /usr/src/alsa
> sudo cp ~/alsa* .
>
> Unpack the 3 tar files :
>
> sudo tar xjf alsa-driver*
> sudo tar xjf alsa-lib*
> sudo tar xjf alsa-utils*
>
> We compile and install alsa-driver :
>
> cd alsa-driver*
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> We compile and install alsa-lib :
>
> cd ../alsa-lib*
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> We compile and install alsa-utils :
>
> cd ../alsa-utils*
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> Then, we remove the 3 tar files in our personal folder that are not
> anymore necessary :
>
> rm -f ~/alsa-driver*
> rm -f ~/alsa-lib*
> rm -f ~/alsa-utils*
>
> Then, just restart your computer and your alsa version should be 1.0.20!
>
> You can verify that you have now indeed have this version of alsa :
>
> cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
> Compiled on May 9 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (SMP).
>
> Just to be sure everything is well configured, execute this command :
>
> sudo alsaconf
>
>
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
>       Status: New => Fix Committed
>
> --
> No sound output on Compaq 510
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414770
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>
> Status in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: rhythmbox
>
> I am using Compaq 510 laptop with Ubuntu 9.04. When I play any mp3 file (I
> have downloaded required plug ins) no sound is heard but file is being
> played in Rhythmbox. How to fix this problem?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
> Package: rhythmbox 0.12.0-0ubuntu4
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_IN
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: rhythmbox
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686
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