Public bug reported: 1. Install PCMCIA sound card and observe it working. 2. Put on-board sound chip driver in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. 3. Observe that nothing works.
My internal and external chipsets are entirely different (crappy SiS chipset vs SB Audigy 2 ZS Notebook), meaning there are no overlapping kernel modules. This is the actual problem: the modules for the PCMCIA sound card are actually loading fine. The GUI, however, seems too stupid to detect hotplugged audio devices independently. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- Hotplug audio not detected in GUI https://launchpad.net/bugs/52287 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs