"alsaconf" successful. No sound!

[Felix Karpfen <felixk@webone.com.au>]

I ran "alsaconf" on my recently-updated Debian 3.1r1.

It worked like a charm and ended with the following messages:

Running update-modules...
Loading driver...
Setting default volumes...


===============================================================================

 Now ALSA is ready to use.
 For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.

 Have a lot of fun!

However when checking the output of a .wav file by running the "play"
command from a console, I get a deafening silence. "alsamixer" says the
the "playback master" is set at 74. 

What have I missed?  Prior to the update (when using the Sarge
pre-release) sound worked OK. 

Felix Karpfen

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Felix Karpfen