Comment 26 for bug 8107

creat a shortcut to dsp1 in folder gksudo nautilus /dev name the shortcut to dsp then set the permissions to root readonly, audio read&write , others readonly then reboot then u should here sound on the login screen to know it works hope this helps this fix my audio problems on Ati AGP HD 3650 Video card on iwill-xp333-r ALI chipset mother board

prob onboard sound on ati video card

usb speakers quick fix !!!