Hi

I am using debian/testing Linux 2.6.15-1-686
the problem is that my speakers are not speaking when I issue $saytime
or visit sits with sound, "sorry, those are the only 2 ways I know hot
to check to see if the sound is working or not"


**************** soundcard make and model ****************
debian:~# lspci | grep audio
0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 05)


**************** sound drivers ****************
debian:~# lsmod | grep snd
snd_emu10k1 97156 0
snd_rawmidi 22240 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device 7916 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 82464 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm 77576 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 21316 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_ac97_bus 2048 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_page_alloc 9928 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4256 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 8384 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 48420 7 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 8928 1 snd


**************** user added to audio group ****************
:~$ groups
fred dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev


**************** more info ****************
:~$ ls -l /dev/audio*
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 2006-05-10 04:25 /dev/audio

I installed alsamixergui but still not hearing any sounds when
visiting some sites with sounds,

I did
modprobe snd-pcm-oss
modprobe snd-mixer-oss

for no avail, still no sound when certain sites visited.

thanks

Do an ...

alsaconf

And try to reconfigure your audio settings, then ...

alsactl store

Hope it helps!!

# alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found

which package out of the many under testing will do?

I think it's alsa-tools package.

Once installed, do the configuration as root.

Cheers!!

once installed, how so you get to the configuration, alsaconf is not a command

alsaconf is a command. When you launch that command it will display an assistant (in terminal mode) that will configure your sound card.

Once installed try it will be accesible for the root user, so don't try to execute it as a normal user.