>  I think my sound not working is a hal/nohal issue. I just opened 
>a 3.5.13-sru
>install with the in the exact same virtualbox environment and 
>sound works
>beautifully. The only difference is that install loads hal and R14 
>doesn't. Have
>there been other sound problem with the nohal builds? I've 
>attached my
>perirpherals-hardware-sound setup for review. It is the exact same 
>between
>3.5.13-sru and R14.

Start at the beginning. Find a wave file and test that the aplay 
command produces output. If not then run alsamixer.

Darrell