Hi all,
I've installed ALSAlib, ALSAutils, and ALSAplugins. I've compiled the
entire ALSA part of the kernel as a module. I've loaded each and every
one of these modules.
And yet the only devices appearing are /dev/snd/midi and /dev/snd/timer
I've run alsaconf, and it claimed it couldn't detect any soundcards.
Running a mknod command to manually create /dev/dsp didn't work.
LFS 6.2, BLFS SVN. Onboard ac97.
I've completely run out of ideas to fix this. Does anyone else have any?

Which kernel are you using? If it's a 2.4 kernel, you'll need the alsa packages from www.alsa-project.org

Have you tried to install ALSAdriver and deactivate ALSA-support of the kernel? Maybe you'll get some more information about the source of your problem this way.
But dont forget to add the '--with cards' option to enable your sound-card/onboard chip.

If you want to try it using the kernel alsa support you should ensure to enable the right sound-card driver in 'Device Driver - Sound - ALSA - PCI-Devices'. The best is to enable it as a module and see if it gets loaded automatically. If it doesnt get loaded automatically try to modprobe the module and check it again.

Post your modprobe.conf file

Sorry i'm an idiot; I rebuilt it a couple of times to tweak with things and somewhere along the line i dropped support for my soundcard...I'm really starting to dislike kernel compiling lol
Sorry guys for my not-thinking-before-asking lol...it's always the stupid things