Comment 1 for bug 316960

I had a similar problem (no sound) with SB0160, which is now solved.
The problem was not where I thought it was; not sure your problem is the same, but here it is:

plop@groovy:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"
plop@groovy:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Audigy ]: Audigy - Audigy 1 ES [SB0160]
                      Audigy 1 ES [SB0160] (rev.3, serial:0x521102) at 0xd200, irq 19

It's plugged on a gigabyte ga-ep45-ds5 motherboard, with intel ICH10 chipset integrated sound deactivated within bios setup (hence not seen in the previous command).

The only thing that was missing for me was to unselect "Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack", in the parameter tab of the gnome volume controller. I found the tip here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4301880#post4301880

I guess having both audio controllers (motherboard chipset and audigy) should not be a problem, as long as you have the one you choosed (audigy) as card0, as most applications will only talk to this card, as I've seen somewhere on a forum.

I haven't tried it yet, but here are some descriptions about how to do it:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/MultipleCards

Mainly, it's all about forcing card numbering in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base with the "index=" option.

Hope this helps.