Sound only comes after compiling and installing alsa 1.0.14rc2 (or rc1).
.14rc3 seems to be on its way... I do not what is the expected release date for .14, but that would a very good idea to have it in if the ubuntu release focuses on
hardware compatibilty.
I no longer have access to the laptop, but apparently this is still an issue.
Quoting from bug 89365, on Feisty:
Sound only comes after compiling and installing alsa 1.0.14rc2 (or rc1).
.14rc3 seems to be on its way... I do not what is the expected release date for .14, but that would a very good idea to have it in if the ubuntu release focuses on
hardware compatibilty.