i've got sound card integrated with my motherboard. that it VIA 82C686 (AC 97). so far i've been using KDE 3.2.1, and sound was working fine. i've compiled proper module into kernel, that is via82cxxx_audio. now i've installed GNOME 2.4. there is no sound at all. i've downloaded and compiled alsa 1.0.1, and made it use via82xx module that was delivered with it. it says that it is one that should work with my sound card. but still there is no sound. that's what i get after typing lsmod:

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
nvidia 1629728 11 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 11600 1 (autoclean)
snd-via82xx 12288 1
snd-pcm 61856 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-timer 15748 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 41484 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-page-alloc 6160 0 [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi 13696 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4020 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 32644 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer s nd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3972 1 [snd]
ntfs 50400 1
adiusbadsl 92836 2
usb-uhci 22636 0 (unused)
usbcore 60288 1 [adiusbadsl usb-uhci]

i suppose that if i made ALSA use via82cxxx_audio module that was delivered with my kernel, there'd be a chance to make it work. is there a way i could make ALSA use other modules than those delivered with it?

it works. run a mixer (e.g. aumix) and turn the volume up.

Try the VIA driver area: http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=294 for latest driver advice and module installation

or their community forum: http://forums.viaarena.com/