I need to use modprobe in order to get Alsa to work. ne way I typed modprobe snd-via82xx and it said:

modprobe snd-via82xx
/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.o: 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
/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.o: insmod snd-via82xx failed


What could be the problem??

Did you ./configure the ALSA drivers for your card? As in :

./configure --with-cards=via82xx

after I redid that it said the same thing