Hello All! I'm basically really stressed over this stupid thing.... I can't get sound to work!! I recently attempted to blank my hard drive (I have a Gateway M320 Laptop) and install Suse 10.1, thinking it may be better, in the sense of being able to make my sound work. NO! it doesn't work! I've also tried fiddling with the sound cards, but won't let me select another one because its not the right paramaters... aka Wrong Codec. But it picks this stupid 80802 or something er other one all the time. I know this is an Audio Devices (or something of the sort) sound card. AC '97. I know in the past I have stumbled on the number, but since then i have lost it (I attempted this in the past with Suse 10.0, Ubuntu, Fedora Core 5)
This is my last horrah with linux on this laptop if I can't make this work! I need SOUND!!
Thanks A BUNCH IN ADVANCE!

please use line returns to make your post more readable.
did you say your card is an onboard AC'97? to see if the proper module (driver) is loaded, please post the output of the command 'lsmod' or you can try loading the driver with 'modprobe snd-intel8x0'
if you dont know what sound card you have, please post the output of the command 'lspci'
if you get 'permission denied' or 'command not found' try the command as root.

Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 42752 0
snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 47216 0
snd_seq_device 7948 1 snd_seq
snd_intel8x0 30236 0
snd_ac97_codec 82848 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2176 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80136 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 20868 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 51076 8 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i915 17920 1
drm 60692 2 i915
cpufreq_ondemand 5660 1
cpufreq_userspace 3732 0
cpufreq_powersave 1792 0
speedstep_centrino 6736 1
freq_table 4228 1 speedstep_centrino
edd 8516 0
snd_page_alloc 9608 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
soundcore 8672 1 snd
lp 10948 0
parport_pc 34916 0
parport 32200 2 lp,parport_pc
xt_pkttype 1792 3
ipt_LOG 5632 10
xt_limit 2432 10
ip6t_REJECT 4992 3
xt_tcpudp 3072 7
ipt_REJECT 5120 3
xt_state 2048 12
iptable_mangle 2688 0
iptable_nat 7684 0
ip_nat 15660 1 iptable_nat
ip6table_mangle 2304 0
ip_conntrack 47916 3 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_nat
nfnetlink 6168 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
ip6table_filter 2688 1
ip6_tables 12360 2 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
af_packet 19336 4
iptable_filter 2816 1
ip_tables 11080 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables 11908 10 xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip6_tables,ip_tabl es
aes 27968 0
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 6656 0
michael_mic 2432 0
arc4 1920 0
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 9472 0
joydev 9024 0
sg 31004 0
st 34332 0
sd_mod 16144 0
sr_mod 14500 0
scsi_mod 122120 4 sg,st,sd_mod,sr_mod
ipv6 215808 15 ip6t_REJECT
button 6672 0
battery 9476 0
ac 4996 0
apparmor 47004 0
aamatch_pcre 13440 1 apparmor
loop 14728 0
dm_mod 52584 0
shpchp 39488 0
pci_hotplug 24372 1 shpchp
pcmcia 34492 0
intel_agp 21020 1
agpgart 28976 3 drm,intel_agp
ipw2200 92980 0
ieee80211 28232 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 5248 3 ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211
firmware_class 9856 2 pcmcia,ipw2200
uhci_hcd 27280 0
ohci1394 29360 0
ehci_hcd 26760 0
ieee1394 87992 1 ohci1394
8139too 23808 0
usbcore 109700 3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
8139cp 19584 0
i8xx_tco 6804 0
mii 5120 2 8139too,8139cp
i2c_i801 8076 0
i2c_core 19728 1 i2c_i801
yenta_socket 23692 2
rsrc_nonstatic 12416 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 37008 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ide_cd 35488 0
cdrom 32416 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
reiserfs 210944 2
fan 4612 0
thermal 13448 0
processor 22592 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
piix 9092 0 [permanent]
ide_disk 15104 4
ide_core 116540 3 ide_cd,piix,ide_disk

and /sbin/lspci
webbca01@webb:~> sbin/lspci
bash: sbin/lspci: No such file or directory
webbca01@webb:~> /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev a9)
02:07.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev a9)
02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:09.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

did you run the command to load the module, as in my previous post? did it give any output after the command finished? if not, it most likely loaded the driver correctly.
now run 'alsaconfig'.. use 'M' to unmute all controls and the arrow keys to turn up all controls. then press ESC to quit the program. test the sound now.. any luck?

[Added: see follow-up note I posted after this one - alsaconf isn't running as well as I thought originally]


I'm in a similar situation - No sound at all with SuSE 10.0 although things worked fine with 9.3. Running alsaconf, it thinks it did a good during the configfure and even plays the "if you can hear this, life is good" test sound. Running alsamixer, nothing is muted, the card and chip info are:
Card: Ensoniq AudioPCI
Chip: SigmaTel STAC9708,11

During the alsaconf session, however, something ugly happens (the full listing goes on and on and on and on...). Lsmod says everything is in place but clearly something's broken. The only sounds I get are alerts from KDE, nothing from my CD/DVD drive (/dev/hdd with 666 permission and aliased to /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd) or the line input, driven by a WinTV card (no problem with video on the screen and audio out of the WinTV card [checked with headphones], just no audio from the sound card) I've asked about this before, with zero results. Anyone want to try again?

May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_stop
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_stop
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_register
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_info_register
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_create_module_entry
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_free_entry
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_root
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_seq_root
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_close
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_close
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_open
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_open
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_compat_kzalloc
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_start
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_start
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_iprintf
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_resolution
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_resolution
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_pause
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_pause
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_unregister_device
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_device
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_unregister
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_info_unregister
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_register_device
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_register_device
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_info_select
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_info_select
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_encode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_encode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_output_params
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_output_params
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_dump_var_event
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_seq_dump_var_event
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_read
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_read
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_device_register_driver
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_seq_device_register_driver
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_write
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_write
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_compat_kzalloc
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_free
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_free
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_drain_output
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_drain_output
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_new
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_new
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_input_params
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_input_params
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_decode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_decode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_open
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_open
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_create_kernel_client
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_seq_create_kernel_client
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_release
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_kernel_release
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_reset_encode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_reset_encode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_reset_decode
May 25 09:08:44 wxsat kernel: snd_seq_midi: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_reset_decode
[...yada, yada, yada]


wxsat /root# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_midi_event 6784 0
snd_seq 51984 1 snd_seq_midi_event
snd_mixer_oss 18944 1
snd_ens1371 23136 1
snd_rawmidi 24864 1 snd_ens1371
snd_seq_device 8588 2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 91004 1 snd_ens1371
snd_pcm 93064 2 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 24452 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 60420 9 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_p cm,snd_timer
snd_ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec
hfsplus 75140 0
vfat 12800 0
fat 49692 1 vfat
subfs 7552 1
speedstep_lib 4228 0
nvidia 3708044 24
freq_table 4612 0
irtty_sir 6016 2
sir_dev 16556 1 irtty_sir
ircomm_tty 23432 0
ircomm 13060 1 ircomm_tty
irda 115000 3 sir_dev,ircomm_tty,ircomm
crc_ccitt 2176 1 irda
button 7056 0
battery 10244 0
ac 5252 0
ipv6 242752 12
af_packet 21384 0
edd 9824 0
gameport 14600 1 snd_ens1371
usbhid 43616 0
tuner 35112 0
tvaudio 21916 0
msp3400 23968 0
bttv 154512 0
video_buf 20868 1 bttv
firmware_class 9856 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 9096 1 bttv
v4l2_common 5760 1 bttv
btcx_risc 5000 1 bttv
ivtv_tveeprom 12588 1 bttv
videodev 9088 1 bttv
8139too 26112 0
8139cp 21120 0
mii 5504 2 8139too,8139cp
soundcore 9184 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 1 snd_pcm
i2c_i801 8844 0
i2c_core 20368 7 tuner,tvaudio,msp3400,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,ivtv_tveeprom,i2c_i801
generic 4484 0 [permanent]
ehci_hcd 32136 0
uhci_hcd 32016 0
intel_agp 22044 1
agpgart 33096 2 nvidia,intel_agp
usbcore 112512 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
pci_hotplug 26164 0
parport_pc 38980 1
lp 11460 0
parport 33864 2 parport_pc,lp
dm_mod 54972 0
reiserfs 250480 5
fan 4996 0
thermal 14472 0
processor 24512 1 thermal
sg 35744 0
st 38944 0
ide_cd 39684 1
cdrom 36896 1 ide_cd
aic7xxx 176308 0
scsi_transport_spi 20864 1 aic7xxx
piix 9988 0 [permanent]
sd_mod 18576 0
scsi_mod 131304 5 sg,st,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi,sd_mod
ide_disk 17152 8
ide_core 122380 4 generic,ide_cd,piix,ide_disk

I mis-spoke about alsaconf running properly. Here's the errout content, collected from a file I piped off to:
ERROR: Module snd_mixer_oss is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ens1371 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_rawmidi is in use by snd_ens1371
ERROR: Module snd_seq_device is in use by snd_rawmidi
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_ens1371
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd is in use by snd_mixer_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_a
c97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_bus is in use by snd_ac97_codec
ESC7ESC[?25l^MESC[80CESC[10DESC[1;31mfailedESC[m^OESC8ESC[?25h
FATAL: Error inserting snd_seq (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/sound/acore/seq/s
nd-seq.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_seq_midi (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/sound/acore/
seq/snd-seq-midi.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/sound/acore/o
ss/snd-pcm-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100
Hz, Stereo

So it looks as though alsaconf is stumbling over itself or over something done by SuSE's startup. I guess the question is how do I clear things out? Oddly, the playback of the .wav file does work.

nadroj, if you are talking about modprobe... I got command doesn't exist message... I'm going to try alsaconfig here shortly and get back

This is actually what I am referring to

so i did alsaconf and it ran all the way through... No sound still!

RBEmerson:
do all formats of sound work, besides those from your CD/DVD drive? all audio and movie files from your hard drive work, and KDE sounds, just not cd/dvd files? if thats the case, did you connect your cd/dvd drive to the sound card? usually theres a cable to do so, and may be the problem.
what entry in this list here would be a match for your sound card? does 'lspci' give any hints? maybe the wrong driver is loaded?

webbca01:
i mentioned that if you get command not found or similar errors, run the command as root. or specify the full path, /sbin/modprobe.
you ran alsaconf and you made sure nothing was muted and all volume controls are turned up? do you get errors when you try and play a file in, say, xmms?

No I don't, and I didn't get anything to show up with the modprobe either... I'm extremely baffeled... everything is up to 100... in Alsamixer though I notice that there are Green numbers under each bar and they say 00... does that mean anything?? Other wise... nothing is muted, and if it did say MM, i unmuted it (though it was for a microphone.... and yeah don't have one of those)

Edit: I don't get any errors. I physically see it reading the CD and trying to play it, but I cannot hear it

Er, Nothing works save the.wav playback at the end of alsaconf and KDE sounds (totally out of my control there). CD, DVD, TV... all are deader than yesterday's news. As to the CD/sound card cable - thought of that and all is well there. Keep in mind all of this stuff worked with SuSE 9.3 and died with 10.0 (see the SuSE forum for commentary on 10.x, Novell, etc. - little of it is good.).

See third from bottom line below - CT5880 with the ens1371 driver...

wxsat /root# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 11)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / AIC-7881U
02:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
02:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
02:0d.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

No surprises there. Again, keep in mind this all worked with SuSE 9.3 but tanked with 10.0 (yes, yes, yes, I'm looking hard at how best to get back to 9.3 and unload many revs worth of cruft in the process...)

try this command as root: modprobe snd-ens1371;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
well, odd that your .wav files play. sorry i cant be of further help, hope someone can.

The results are not pretty:
wxsat /root# modprobe snd-ens1371;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_seq_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/sound/acore/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

And dmesg has (more text below dmesg quote):
snd_pcm_oss: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_read
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_read
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_register
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_register
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_init
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_init
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_near
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_near
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_setinteger
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_setinteger
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_stop
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_stop
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_free_entry
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_params_any
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_params_any
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_unregister_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_max
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_max
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_silence_64
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_silence_64
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_open_substream
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_open_substream
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_register_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_register_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_file_add
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_card_file_add
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_min
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_min
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_compat_kzalloc
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_iprintf
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_linear
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_linear
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_min
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_min
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_build_linear_format
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_build_linear_format
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_mask
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_mask
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_signed
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_signed
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_complete
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_complete
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_lookup_oss_minor_data
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_refine
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_refine
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_playback_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_playback_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_create_card_entry
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_card_entry
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_big_endian
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_big_endian
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_notify
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_notify
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_release_substream
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_release_substream
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_write
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_write
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_file_remove
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_card_file_remove
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_set_silence
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_set_silence
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_unregister
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_unregister
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_get_line
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_get_line
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_width
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_width
snd_pcm_oss: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_read
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_read
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_register
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_register
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_init
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_init
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_near
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_near
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_setinteger
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_setinteger
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_stop
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_stop
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_free_entry
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_params_any
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_params_any
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_unregister_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_max
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_max
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_silence_64
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_silence_64
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_open_substream
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_open_substream
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_register_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_register_oss_device
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_set
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_file_add
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_card_file_add
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_min
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_min
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_compat_kzalloc
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_iprintf
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_linear
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_linear
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_min
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_min
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_build_linear_format
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_build_linear_format
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_mask
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_mask
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_signed
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_signed
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_complete
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_complete
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_lookup_oss_minor_data
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_refine
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_refine
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_playback_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_playback_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_create_card_entry
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_card_entry
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_big_endian
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_big_endian
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_notify
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_notify
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_release_substream
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_release_substream
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_write
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_write
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_file_remove
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_card_file_remove
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_set_silence
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_set_silence
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_unregister
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_unregister
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_get_line
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_get_line
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_format_width
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_format_width
snd_seq_oss: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_register
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_register
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_set_queue_tempo
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_set_queue_tempo
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_create_module_entry
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_free_entry
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_root
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_root
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue_blocking
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue_blocking
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_unregister_oss_device
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_oss_device
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_register_oss_device
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_register_oss_device
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_device_register_driver
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_device_register_driver
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_compat_kzalloc
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_free
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_free
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_iprintf
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_no_status
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_no_status
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_new
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_new
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_decode
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_decode
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_create_kernel_client
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_create_kernel_client
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_midi_event_encode_byte
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_encode_byte
snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_unregister
snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_unregister

Ugly spud, ain't it? These messages are the same ones generated when alsaconf ran. I simply can't imagine I'm the only person in the entire SuSE Linux universe with this problem.