when I lsmod I get this in return
bash-3.00# lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ndiswrapper 82008 1
uhci 24444 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17580 0 (unused)
usbcore 59308 1 [ndiswrapper uhci ehci-hcd]
i810_rng 2528 0 (unused)
ac97_codec 12084 0
b44 13708 0
ohci1394 24112 0 (unused)
ieee1394 42276 0 [ohci1394]
ds 6548 2
yenta_socket 10336 1
pcmcia_core 39972 0 [ds yenta_socket]
ntfs 51424 1 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 9328 0
agpgart 43940 0 (unused)

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when I lspci I get this in return
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97Audio Controller (rev 02)
(well a bunch other but those dont matter or do they???)

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when I run alsaconf it recognizes a intel8x0 i810 card so I install it ... and then right before it says you can now use amixer or your favorite mixer to adjust the volumes this shows up .............

Loading driver...
Loading ALSA kernel modules.
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol __get_free_pages_Rsmp_4784e424
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol zone_table_Rsmp_b6d18d8d
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol vmalloc_to_page_Rsmp_a72149ca
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_device_Rsmp_c584f4e3
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol pci_free_consistent_Rsmp_1bfc1908
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol pci_alloc_consistent_Rsmp_ca1c24c8
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol mem_map_Rsmp_3830ffb7
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/acore/snd-page-alloc.o: unresolved symbol __vm

Unresolved symbol errors....sending shivers down my spine.....
Try ldconfig first....
Possibly caused by your module being compiled from a different version of the source kernel than you are currently running. Check your /usr/src tree and make sure there is only one sym link and it points the right way.
Does uname -r give you 2.4.26?

Thank you otchie1 I figured her out now sound is working great..... I had to reinstall linux .. and it automaticly detected it and installed it... thank you for your reply though ...

i had a similar gripe. The problem is caused by the OSS module snd-intel8x0 being loaded instead of the alsa module. You can add the OSS module to the hotplug blacklist to fix it, or you can recompile the kernel to add ALSA support for your sound card into the kernel. I would do the latter since i recompile my kernel anyway.

Slackware 9.1 doesn't seem to have this problem. Hopefully it will be fixed in slack 10.1 but in any case, it is a mere nuisance.