sound card problem (no /proc/asound/sndstat)

[Long Li <longlill@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

My sound card doesn't work.  I read the article
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/sound.htm.  I guess it is
because there is /proc/asound/sndstat file.  However,
I did find the file /dev/sndstat.  So could you tell
me how can I let the system generate the file
/proc/asound/sndstat? Or which configuration file I
need modify?

Here is the detail information of the sound card.

$ lspci | grep audio
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies,
Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 30)

Here are all files in the /proc/asound directory:

/proc/asound# ls -F
V8233@  card0/  cards  devices  modules  oss/  pcm 
seq/  timers  version

/proc/asound# cat version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version
1.0.12rc1 (Thu Jun 22 13:55:50 2006 UTC).

/proc/asound# cat cards
 0 [V8233          ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8233
                      VIA 8233 with VIA1612A at
0xdc00, irq 11

/proc/asound# cat modules
 0 snd_via82xx

/proc/asound# cat devices
  0: [ 0]   : control
  1:        : sequencer
 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
 17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback
 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
 25: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture
 33:        : timer

Here is the content of the file /dev/sndstat:

# cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation
code)
Kernel: Linux bchlin3076 2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4
16:41:14 UTC 2006 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
VIA 8233 with VIA1612A at 0xdc00, irq 11

Audio devices:
0: VIA 8233 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: VIA Technologies VIA1612A

Thanks.
Long

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