Here are some quick instructions.  Start with a system with a recent
kernel and ALSA configured normally (standard Ubuntu installation). At
this point you'll have a GNOME mixer that works but the volume will be
way too low.  Then make sure you have the following things installed (I
may be forgetting a few but configure will tell you about them):

* normal compiler stuff (build-essential package)
* kernel headers for your kernel (linux-headers-<yourkernelversion> package)

Download the ALSA driver archive (you won't need alsalib or alsautils)
from the ALSA site (ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-
driver-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2).  Extract and build the drivers for just the
hda-intel card:

% tar xvjf alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2
% cd alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3
% ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
% make -j 8
% sudo make install

"make -j 8" is nice on a Mac Pro.  :)  After you run "sudo make install"
some newer modules will be copied into /lib/modules/<yourkernelversion>,
and you'll need to unload the old ones, then reload the newer hda-intel
to start using it.  Or you could reboot and you're done, but reloading
isn't too hard.  To reload:

* Close any applications that are using the old snd-hda-intel module (mixers, 
music players, etc.).
* Remove the old snd modules.  I use a command like: 
% lsmod |grep ^snd | cut -f 1 -d " "  |xargs sudo rmmod
* Load the new module:
% modprobe snd-hda-intel

Now everything should work.  When you reboot, the newer modules should
load automatically.  If you install a new kernel (via apt-get upgrade or
however), you'll have to repeat this process from the "./configure" step
on.

Hopefully my formatting survives the Launchpad submission.

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Sound not working well on Apple Mac Pro
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