CDs, and mp3s will play...but no sound.
Midi sounds will play on games.

opening audicity i get the error:

Error Initializing Audio
There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer.
You will not be able to play or record audio.

Error: Host error.

what ever info anyone needs will give...
please help, i am getting withdrawls

Here is lsmod
[root@x1-6-00-07-e9-46-1e-0d gibby]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
md5 4576 1
ipv6 249412 10
rfcomm 34456 0
l2cap 22368 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 42436 4 rfcomm,l2cap
snd-seq-midi 7616 0
snd-emu10k1-synth 7840 0
snd-emux-synth 37312 1 snd-emu10k1-synth
snd-seq-virmidi 6880 1 snd-emux-synth
snd-seq-midi-emul 8192 1 snd-emux-synth
snd-seq-oss 33728 0
snd-seq-midi-event 7328 3 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-seq-oss
snd-seq 52560 8 snd-seq-midi,snd-emux-synth,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-seq-midi-emul,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-emu10k1 94440 1 snd-emu10k1-synth
snd-util-mem 4256 2 snd-emux-synth,snd-emu10k1
snd-hwdep 8132 2 snd-emux-synth,snd-emu10k1
snd-pcm-oss 51080 0
snd-mixer-oss 18592 1 snd-pcm-oss
snd-intel8x0 31660 0
snd-ac97-codec 70736 2 snd-emu10k1,snd-intel8x0
snd-pcm 86948 3 snd-emu10k1,snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0
snd-timer 22724 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd-page-alloc 8392 3 snd-emu10k1,snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm
gameport 4416 1 snd-intel8x0
snd-mpu401-uart 7168 1 snd-intel8x0
snd-rawmidi 21188 4 snd-seq-midi,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-emu10k1,snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device 7336 7 snd-seq-midi,snd-emu10k1-synth,snd-emux-synth,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-emu10k1,snd-rawmidi
snd 49028 15 snd-emux-synth,snd-seq-virmidi,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-emu10k1,snd-hwdep,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device
soundcore 8288 1 snd
af_packet 17864 2
floppy 57168 0
eth1394 18792 0
e100 30656 0
mii 5216 1 e100
ide-cd 38528 1
cdrom 38844 1 ide-cd
ohci1394 32676 0
ieee1394 294872 2 eth1394,ohci1394
loop 13896 0
nls_iso8859-1 4672 1
ntfs 149980 1
intel-agp 20608 1
agpgart 29036 1 intel-agp
sd_mod 20320 0
ata_piix 7652 0
libata 39556 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 107428 2 sd_mod,libata
joydev 9056 0
tsdev 6848 0
evdev 8672 0
usbmouse 5216 0
usbhid 43328 0
usblp 11936 0
ehci-hcd 27972 0
uhci-hcd 30448 0
usbcore 107396 7 usbmouse,usbhid,usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
ext3 123496 2
jbd 56600 1 ext3

Try running alsamixer and make sure master or pcm channel is not muted.

Also look in /dev and make sure you have permissions to access the audio device, probably /dev/dsp0 /dev/mixer /dev/audio0 or /dev/audio/dsp0 ... etc.

alsamixer is at its max
tried /dev/mixer but permission denied
how could i solve that?

Finally working...
I did a clean install and changed the driver from the default sound driver(intel8x0) to an "optional/alternative" driver (i810_audio), sound works perfect now.
For those without sound, it could be as simple as that.