O.K. I hate to beat a dead horse, but I am having the same problem, as so many, with my sound. There is none. Not a beep nor squeak. I have been just using my Windoz 'cause I have been frustrated in this. Anyway, here is my info:

lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0080 (rev a3)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0084 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0088 (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008a (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008b (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0085 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008e (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

lsmod
Module Size Used by
proc_intf 4100 0
freq_table 4100 0
cpufreq_userspace 4572 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6172 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
video 16260 0
sony_acpi 6280 0
pcc_acpi 11264 0
button 6800 0
battery 10244 0
container 4608 0
ac 4996 0
ipv6 229504 9
af_packet 20744 2
8139cp 19200 0
8139too 24320 0
mii 4736 2 8139cp,8139too
sata_nv 8452 0
libata 44548 1 sata_nv
scsi_mod 119936 1 libata
shpchp 86116 0
pci_hotplug 30512 1 shpchp
usblp 12032 0
snd_intel8x0 29984 2
snd_ac97_codec 64608 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 47652 1
snd_mixer_oss 16768 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 84872 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 23300 1 snd_pcm
snd 50276 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9824 3 snd
snd_page_alloc 9604 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ehci_hcd 29444 0
ohci_hcd 19848 0
usbcore 107384 4 usblp,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
i2c_nforce2 6400 0
i2c_core 21264 1 i2c_nforce2
nvidia_agp 7452 1
agpgart 31784 1 nvidia_agp
analog 10784 0
gameport 4608 1 analog
floppy 54864 0
pcspkr 3816 0
rtc 12216 0
md 43856 0
evdev 9088 0
dm_mod 53116 1
tsdev 7488 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7808 1 capability
psmouse 19336 0
mousedev 11160 1
parport_pc 34372 1
lp 10792 0
parport 33480 2 parport_pc,lp
ide_cd 38532 0
cdrom 36508 1 ide_cd
ext3 120968 1
jbd 54168 1 ext3
ide_generic 1664 0
ide_disk 18176 3
amd74xx 13340 1
ide_core 118988 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
unix 26164 723
thermal 13576 0
processor 22708 1 thermal
fan 4612 0
fbcon 34048 0
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5120 1 fbcon
vesafb 6948 0
cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3584 1 vesafb

uname -r
2.6.10-5-386

If anyone could please help me, I would much appreciate it. Thanks.

try running a mixer app such as alsamixer and make sure all sound levels are unmuted and set to reasonable levels.

Thanks, but I'm a newbie and have no idea how to install alsamixer. I've downloaded it, but can't figure out how to install it.

can you post /proc/asound/version and lsmod | grep oss to see if you have alsa installed and oss compatible? if not install it:
#apt-get update
#apt-get install alsa alsa-oss
Good luck!
A.

An apt-get install alsa-utils (as root) will install it for you.

Here is what it says.

apt-get install alsa-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
alsa-utils is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Now what? and if you know of some good documentation that can get me through some of this without bugging all you guys, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for all your help.

I also tried the other stuff about oss but it didn't work either.

then it's probably already installed. Just run it by typing alsamixer at the prompt. Make sure to unmute and raise all volume levels.