[LAU] lost sound (it had been working)

Hello Group - I'm really confused about what's gone wrong with my sound. Total Silence even though it was working less than two weeks ago after an upgrade to 8.10. User error?, or a bad patch maybe...can you help? I'm running ubuntu 8.10 on a 64-bit machine _______________________________________________________________________ I have done some research and have been following the steps I found at this posting: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449&highlight=comprehensive… First step is this: results appear normal. reid@linux-rv:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] Subdevices: 4/4 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 reid@linux-rv:~$ _____________________________________________________________________________ Second step: reid@linux-rv:~$ lspci -v : : 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80b0 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22 I/O ports at c800 [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: VIA 82xx Audio Kernel modules: snd-via82xx Looks Ok, I think ______________________________________________________________________ Third step: reid@linux-rv:~$ sudo modprobe snd-via-82xx [sudo] password for reid: FATAL: Module snd_via_82xx not found. reid@linux-rv:~$ That's not good, or expected. Fourth step (sorry about the screwy formatting): reid@linux-rv:~$ lsmod|grep snd snd_via82xx 36904 3 snd_via82xx_modem 21900 0 gameport 21776 1 snd_via82xx snd_seq_dummy 11524 0 snd_ac97_codec 133080 2 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem ac97_bus 10368 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 52608 0 snd_mixer_oss 25088 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 99208 4 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_oss 42368 0 snd_mpu401_uart 16768 1 snd_via82xx snd_seq_midi 15872 0 snd_rawmidi 34176 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 16768 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 67168 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 34320 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 16404 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 79432 18 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 17680 3 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm soundcore 16800 1 snd So...I'm not sure what to look for here.... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Reid