I failed from the start..
tc@box:~$ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
Something went wrong, sound was not set up.
tc@box:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd_seq_dummy 12288 0
snd_seq_oss 24576 0
snd_seq_midi_event 12288 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 32768 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 12288 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 32768 0
snd_pcm 49152 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 20480 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 16384 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 40960 7 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
speedstep_lib 12288 0
cpufreq_stats 12288 0
cpufreq_powersave 12288 0
cpufreq_userspace 12288 0
cpufreq_conservative 12288 0
ns558 12288 0
gameport 12288 1 ns558
ac97_bus 12288 0
soundcore 12288 1 snd
squashfs 24576 96
ppdev 12288 0
parport_pc 24576 0
floppy 45056 0
parport 24576 2 ppdev,parport_pc
loop 20480 192
e100 28672 0
mii 12288 1 e100
pcspkr 12288 0
lpc_ich 16384 0
mfd_core 12288 1 lpc_ich
tc@box:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
Kindly see my syslog attached
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