Comment 3 for bug 510889

I can't see something this critical as a 'wishlist'. It seems to be (from other bugs / questions filed in lp regarding ubuntu) a problem that is across all distributions of Ubuntu.

Bottom line is, the alsa firmware drivers are not installed by default (and selecting them in the Synaptic package manager) only installs 'selected' sound card firmware.

I don't know who is supposed to do this, but can this be elevated to the person who maintains sound and alsa so they can action this? Then the next version of Ubuntu Studio, and Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, will work properly without 'workarounds'.

Please refer:

Question #92087

Also, looking through the 'alsa-driver' part of launchpad, alsa-firmware does not seem to be part of it.

This kind of 'bug' will affect all soundcards that need firmware to be loaded installed at the time they are booted up. These will typically be the higher end cards that are used for audio recording and production.