audio lock up

[seth_alpha]

ok so I got my Kubuntu installed, only issue I'm having is, if I don't take out my sound card, it wont run, so I'm assuming I have a hardware conflict of some sort. I'm of course not sure how to solve it, cause when my card is connected my Kubuntu doesn't want to work. It's a sound blaster Live card. not sure which one though

[dibl]

Re: audio lock up

If you can get Kubuntu to boot in "Recovery Mode" to a Command Line Interface (aka "text prompt" or CLI), then enter

lspci -v

and it should show your audio chip.

Wild guess here -- you've added a third party card to a motherboard that has an integrated sound chip?

[seth_alpha]

Re: audio lock up

lol yes actually I do. I have the on board audio turned off in the bios though. gonna give your suggestion a try.

[dibl]

Re: audio lock up

I have the on board audio turned off in the bios though.

That's the right thing to do. Here's the Ubuntu sound troubleshooting guide -- it usually leads to success if you are persistent:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449

[seth_alpha]

Re: audio lock up

yeah I had to turn it off for my card to work with winblows anyways lol

[seth_alpha]

Re: audio lock up

hmmm.. sad, I yank my soundcard and turn the onboard back on and can boot in just fine, still don't have any sound. but using lspci -v shows it. when I run in the recovery mode, with my soundcard in, and onboard turned off it shows a soundblaster live of unknown source