After I installed my new kernel(2.6) I have been having some sound issues. I have sound but it is very low volume, I can hear it but I have to turn my speakers all the way up. My sound was fine when I was using kernel 2.4. But now, when I access the volume controls it says this:

Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found

I'm guessing that I had neglected to compile alsa properly as when I do alsaconf I get this:

No supported PnP or PCI cards found

Info Center says:

Sound:
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.8 emulation code)

installed drivers:
Type 10:ALSA emulation

Card config:
--- no soundcards ---

Audio, Synth and Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

infocenter recognizes my sound card:

PCI:
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp 82801A/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 05)
blah blah

when I boot up, it says the following:

/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1134: No Sound Card Found
Loading OSS compatibility modules for alsa
FATAL: Module snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss not found

So to my question, is it as simple as just installing alsa or what should I do?

EDIT:

lsmod says:
8139too 20704 0
ide_scsi 13636 0

Try downloading the newest version of alsa and then run alsaconfig. I just upped to 2.6 kernel and sound works ok.