After updating to the latest recommended kernel for Ubuntu (2.6.17-11), there was the predictable nightmare of getting everything working again that was perfectly ok before the update.
Most annoyingly, I wouldn't even have bothered with the update except the Synaptic update daemon kept bugging me about doing it, since it doesn't seem to give me anything I didn't have before - except grief, obviously. [Why can't there be a simple 'No thanks' option to refuse recommended updates?]
Anyway, it screwed both my display settings (X server crashed) and my sound (there wasn't any). After installing and running Envy (kudos, I believe is the term, to Alberto Milone for that), that fixed the display problem.
I looked everywhere for sound answers, and ended up downloading and installing new Alsa drivers, libs, and tools. Running alsaconf sorted out the sound.
One of the many times I've had to remind myself that linux is a beautiful thing in both principle and execution, maintained - largely thanklessly - by a dedicated and brilliant community of volunteers. Hats off to you all. Again.
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