Since I have installed Debian 3, I haven't been able to get the sound 
system to work.  Looking for answers, I find lots of information in bits 
and pieces -- for example I was able to change the error message from  
something like "permission denied" or "/dev/dsp does not exist" to the 
following, by adding users to the "audio" group.  I believe I have a 
driver loaded ("via82cxxx" appears in lsmod), but there seems to be so 
many different ways of configuring sound, much of it conflicting advice, 
that I'm not sure where I'm at anymore.

Most everything else about setting up Debian has been fairly 
straightforward, or the set-up recognises the hardware and gets the 
configuration right.  I wonder if I've missed something, that would help 
get the sound working?

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback (No such device)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
soundcore               3268   0  (autoclean)
input                   3040   0  (autoclean)
apm                     8492   1  (autoclean)
pcmcia_core            38752   0
parport_pc             19400   1  (autoclean)
lp                      5952   0  (autoclean)
parport                21736   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
af_packet              11592   1  (autoclean)
uhci                   21564   0  (unused)
usbcore                52908   1  [uhci]
ide-cd                 27936   0
cdrom                  25056   0  [ide-cd]
tulip                  36288   1
crc32                   2848   0  [tulip]
rtc                     6280   0  (autoclean)
ext3                   66632   1  (autoclean)
jbd                    35076   1  (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect               288   0  (autoclean) (unused)
via82cxxx               9416   1  (autoclean)
ide-disk               12512   2  (autoclean)
ide-core               94108   2  (autoclean) [ide-cd ide-detect 
via82cxxx ide-disk]
unix                   13260 119  (autoclean)

lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 
[KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 
AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super 
South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 
1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 
1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] 
(rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast 
Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
0000:00:0a.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics 56k 
WinModem (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 
Pro Ultra TF


Thanks for any advice.
Kraig

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