Udev was already installed - I confirmed with Aptitude. Executing
the command 'modprobe snd_intel8x0' made no difference. When I click
on volume control under the sound and Video menu item of Gnome, I get
the
error message "No volume control elements and/or devices found." When
I try to play a file using Rythmbox 0.8.8, I get the message "Could
not create
audio output element; check your settings". When I clicked on the
"volume
monitor" under the Sound and Video menu item of Gnome, I get the
error message "Cannot connect to sound daemon. Please run 'esd' at a
command prompt." From a terminal as root, I execute esd, and get a
momentary tone sequence. I then tried again to play a file under
Rythmbox, and get the same error message "Could not create audio output
element; check your settings". This certainly appears to be a
configuration
issue, but I don't know what the problem is or how to fix it. As
always, any
help or pointers to references would be greatly appreciated.