No devices are listed under Hardware, or Input. Under Output it lists "Dummy Output (Stereo)
The computer is a Toshiba Satellite and has worked well with previous UBUNTU releases.
ProblemType: Bug
AlsaDevices:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2009-11-05 11:50 by-path
AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/sequencer2', '/dev/sequencer', '/dev/seq'] failed with exit code 1:
CheckboxCommand: alsa_record_playback
CheckboxDescription:
Open the volume control application by right-clicking on the speaker icon in the panel and selecting "Sound Preferences". Select the "Input" tab and choose any alternate (non-default) device(s). Select the "Output" tab and choose any alternate (non-default) device(s). When you are done, click the Test button, then speak into the microphone. After a few seconds, your speech will be played back to you.
Did you hear your speech played back?
CheckboxTest: alsa_record_playback_alternates
Date: Thu Nov 5 12:38:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Tags: checkbox-bug
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help to improve Ubuntu.
It appears that the problem you're experiencing is because you're still running the old kernel from Ubuntu 9.04, despite having upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10.
There are several ways that you can wind up booting an old kernel after an upgrade. Bug #470490 describes one of the most common, and includes instructions on how to correct your menu.lst if this is the problem you're having.
Have you previously modified the grub menu.lst configuration on this system? Were you prompted on upgrade whether you wanted to keep your local modifications to menu.lst, or install the package maintainer's version?