Nvidia CK8, Need help PLEASE!

[Charims]

I have a big sound problem.

I have a Nvidia CK8 Sound card, which is not playing sounds like it should. I am using Alsa Snd-Intel8x0.

I can play sounds from Gaim after a restart. Though often when i try to play an MP3 using MPG123 Amarok, or Kaffeine, the program will freeze and/or it will kill the sound system so not even Gaim plays sounds until a restart.

I have followed the "stickied" guide on the Ubuntu forums called "Comprehensive sound problem solutions guide". i have done everything there form using an alsa driver to compileing an alsa driver.

Sadly enough, nothing seems to work to fix the problem. I have played with the mixers (KMix and alsamixer) dozens of times, nothing is muted, everything is on full.

When running this command to test a sound from Gaim:

cat /usr/share/sounds/* > /dev/dsp

it usually works, but sometimes after trying to play an MP3, i will get this error:


bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy



Edit: I just got Amarok to play the beginning of a file before it froze. I had it play Welcome by Matthias Ettrich, in which i heard Hello twice, both cut off a bit, and that was it...





I have specs for you...

I have an Emachines C3070 Dual boot system, windows +Kubuntu
This is now a nearly fresh install of Kubuntu.

160 GB IDE hard Drive, Kubuntu is running from a secondary 4 GB IDE Hard drive.
1 DVD+-RW and 1 DVD-Rom
512mb DDR Sdram
AMD Sempron 3000+ ~2 GHZ Processor
Nvidia CK8 onboard Sound

i have some output info:


First this.

output of:aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: CK8 [NVidia CK8], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK8]
 Subdevices: 0/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CK8 [NVidia CK8], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK8 - IEC958]
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Output of:lspci -v

bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev a2)
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 9
    I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 177
    Memory at eb002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
    Memory at eb003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
    Memory at eb004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 185
    Memory at eb001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    I/O ports at e000 [size=8]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
    I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
    I/O ports at d400 [size=128]
    Memory at eb005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
    I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
    Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e8ffffff

0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
    Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc: Unknown device 927a
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
    Memory behind bridge: e9000000-eaffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
    Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc.: Unknown device 2018
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 193
    Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
    Expansion ROM at ea000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
    Subsystem: Conexant: Unknown device 2000
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
    Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    I/O ports at c000 [size=8]
    Capabilities: <available only to root>

Please help, I really need sound, and an OS is just, well, incomplete without sound...