I solved the problem by removing and reinstalling the packages linux sound base, alsa base, and alsa utils
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils sudo apt-get install gdm ubuntu-desktop -- sound no longer works in Ubuntu 6.10 https://launchpad.net/bugs/84986 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
