Summary: looks to me like aplay -l is showing the intel hardware. No adrian> ls -la /dev/snd total 0 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 320 May 9 18:07 ./ 0 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 5080 May 9 18:07 ../ 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 May 9 18:07 by-path/ 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 May 9 18:07 controlC0 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 May 9 18:07 controlC1 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 May 9 18:07 hwC0D0 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 May 9 18:07 hwC1D0 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 May 9 18:07 pcmC0D0c 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 May 9 18:07 pcmC0D0p 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 May 9 18:07 pcmC0D1p 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 May 9 18:07 pcmC0D2c 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 May 9 18:13 pcmC1D3p 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 May 9 18:13 pcmC1D7p 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 May 9 18:13 pcmC1D8p 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 May 9 18:07 seq 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 May 9 18:07 timer adrian> aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 adrian> sudo chmod a+rw /dev/snd/* [sudo] password for adrian: adrian> aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 adrian> ls -la /dev/snd total 0 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 320 May 9 18:07 ./ 0 drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 5080 May 9 18:07 ../ 0 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 80 May 9 18:07 by-path/ 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 7 May 9 18:07 controlC0 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 12 May 9 18:07 controlC1 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 6 May 9 18:07 hwC0D0 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 11 May 9 18:07 hwC1D0 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 3 May 9 18:15 pcmC0D0c 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 2 May 9 18:15 pcmC0D0p 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 4 May 9 18:15 pcmC0D1p 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 5 May 9 18:07 pcmC0D2c 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 8 May 9 18:15 pcmC1D3p 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 9 May 9 18:15 pcmC1D7p 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 10 May 9 18:15 pcmC1D8p 0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 May 9 18:15 seq 0 crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root audio 116, 33 May 9 18:07 timer