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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