I apparently have ALSA on Debian Sid on a Thinkpad, or at least alsa-mixer seems set up correctly. But $ speaker-test makes no sound. # lspci | grep audio returns nothing. So I wondered if alsa drivers are installed. Soundcore is installed, but I discovered there is no longer any alsa-modules package.
The alsa modules are named snd_*** You can check your loaded modules with $ lsmod | grep snd
In Sid has ALSA been replaced by pavucontrol? To get sound, must I install it?
Alsa is build-in in the kernel. pavucontrol is just a gui for the pulseaudio mixer. It is up to you if you install it or use an other mixer Floris