got your aliases?
This fixed my AC97 problem in suse 9.1
"...Here's the example for this card. Copy and paste this to the bottom of your /etc/modules.conf file.
Note to debian users: You need to save this information into a file in the /etc/modutils/ directory (Eg. /etc/modutils/alsa) and run update-modules
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
# module options should go here
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
but do check for detailed info on AC97 (on VIA chipset anyway) at
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...module=via82xx