need help with Debian-Sarge modules/soundcard issues

vineyardsaker_at_gmail.com
Date: 06/27/05 

Date: 26 Jun 2005 18:09:33 -0700

Hi everybody.

I have just installed Debian-Sarge. I have to say that it was overall
easy. The only problem is that my computer has no sound. It looks like
Sarge did not detect my soundcard. Here is what Knoppix 3.9 found at
boot:

Soundcard: 5880 AudioPCI driver es=1371

I did an lsmod to see what modules were loaded, and I got the following
list:

Module Size Used by
snd_mixer_oss 18688 0
snd 46308 1 snd_mixer_oss
autofs4 18820 1
af_packet 20104 0
reiserfs 232304 0
ntfs 163728 0
agpgart 30512 0
es1371 35520 1
soundcore 11104 3 snd,es1371
gameport 7552 1 es1371
ac97_codec 20108 1 es1371
tulip 50464 0
i2c_piix4 11408 0
i2c_core 21248 1 i2c_piix4
parport_pc 38596 0
parport 33480 1 parport_pc
8250 41692 0
serial_core 21120 1 8250
usbhid 42176 0
pcmcia 21776 0
yenta_socket 21896 0
rsrc_nonstatic 12160 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 42272 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
video 18308 0
thermal 14984 0
processor 24552 1 thermal
fan 7300 0
container 7296 0
button 7168 0
battery 12420 0
ac 7556 0
genrtc 12060 0
unionfs 109944 1
cloop 18848 1
sbp2 24456 0
ohci1394 33028 0
ieee1394 300600 2 sbp2,ohci1394
usb_storage 63296 0
ub 18332 0
ohci_hcd 21896 0
uhci_hcd 31376 0
ehci_hcd 31752 0
usbcore 101496 7 usbhid,usb_storage,ub,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd

What shall I do now? Simply insmod all the modules which look
sound-related and which Sarge did not already load, or is there a way
for me to identify which module(s) are needed to get my soundcard to
work?

Also - if I insmod the correct modules - will they still be there after
a shutdown/reboot or do I need to modify some other file?

Lastly - is there a tool which comes with Debian-Sarge which would
allow me to configure my soundcard? Somebody reccommended sndconfig to
me, but I checked (with synaptic) and it is not included in the 15000+
apps which come on the 14 Debian-Sarge CDs. Surely there is some good
tool lurking among all these apps?

Many thanks for your help & pointers,

VS

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