I've got a Dell Inspiron 8600 running Mandrake 9.2. The sound was working on install, but with tons of static and noise. So, I tried installing ALSA and followed the instructions to a "t". Now I have no sound whatsoever. I've checked all the mixers to ensure that NOTHING is set to mute, but nothing.

So, I decided to try to go back to i810_audio. I've tried loading the module, but I get the following error:

[root@dhcppc2 bin]# modprove i810 audio
/lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.ogz: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg

modprobe; insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz fialed
modprobe: insmod i810_audio failed

Here is the output of lsmod:

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ac97 4800 0 (unused)
ac97_codec 15828 0
isofs 28148 1 (autoclean)
udf 88736 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 43076 0
snd-mixer-oss 14800 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
ndiswrapper 61752 1
agpgart 48292 3 (autoclean)
nvidia 2126440 7 (autoclean)
snd-seq-midi-event 6016 0
snd-seq 42576 0 [snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-intel8x0 22568 2
snd-ac97-codec 53004 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 79108 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 18596 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
gameport 3268 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-mpu401-uart 4784 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 17920 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 5788 0 [snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-page-alloc 9652 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
snd 44676 2 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 6340 0 [snd]
nfsd 75280 8 (autoclean)
ds 8500 2
yenta_socket 13088 1
pcmcia_core 57696 0 [ds yenta_socket]
af_packet 14856 1 (autoclean)
sr_mod 19384 2 (autoclean)
bcm4400 32140 0 (autoclean)
ohci1394 27696 0 (unused)
ieee1394 201284 0 [ohci1394]
nls_cp850 4284 1 (autoclean)
vfat 11820 1 (autoclean)
fat 38040 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
nls_iso8859-1 3484 3 (autoclean)
ntfs 77292 1 (autoclean)
supermount 84032 1 (autoclean)
ide-cd 33956 0
cdrom 32608 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi 11376 1
scsi_mod 106176 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
ehci-hcd 19212 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 25136 0 (unused)
usbcore 74988 1 [ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
rtc 9004 0 (autoclean)
ext3 60048 1
jbd 39264 1 [ext3]

Here's the relevant output of lspci -v

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [e4] #09 [4104]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at bf40 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f4fffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] #0a [2080]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: f6000000-fbffffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 016a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
I/O ports at bc40 [size=64]
Memory at f4fff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at f4fff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

Here's the contents of /etc/modules.conf

alias eth0 bcm4400
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd
probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi

#alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# OSS-START
# sound-slot/service 0 is for the mixer
# sound-slot/service 2 is for midi (which this doesn't support)
# sound-slot/service 3 is for dsp
# sound-slot/service 4 is for dsp
#
alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
alias sound-service-0-0 i810_audio
alias sound-slot-2 off
alias sound-service-0-2 off
alias sound-slot-3 i810_audio
alias sound-service-0-3 i810_audio
alias sound-slot-4 i810_audio
alias sound-service-0-4 i810_audio
options i810_audio clocking=48000
#post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
#pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :

# OSS-END

## ALSA-START
#alias char-major-116 snd
#alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
#options snd-intel8x0 ac97_clock=48000
## OSS/Free portion
#alias char-major-14 soundcore
#alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
## card #1
#alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
#alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
#alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
#post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -v 30 -w 30
## ALSA-END

alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
options ndiswrapper if_name=wlan0
post-install ndiswrapper /usr/sbin/loadndisdriver 14e4 4320 /lib/windrivers/bcmwl5.sys /lib/windrivers/bcmwl5.inf
alias eth1 orinoco_cs

Here's what's in the /etc/modules file:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.

i810_audio
scsi_hostadapter

Also, I tried rmmoding the snd-intel8x0 module, but it says it's in use.

I'm sure my config files are conflicting w/ one another by now, w/ all the editing I've done. I've tried to go back to my original versions of the files, but no luck. Any help would be great. Thanks so much!

I'd recommend switching to alsa entirely.

comment out the OSS config block in your modules.conf, and de-comment the ALSA config.

Make sure you don't have anything open that's using the sound card. this includes arts in KDE. rmmod the entire sound tree, right up to soundcore.
alternative: reboot

run: etc/init.d/alsa start

See if that helps. If so, make sure that there's a link to the alsa script in your default runlevel.

Otherwise, try running alsaconf and see if it can detect/resolve your issues.

--Rounan