>On R14 I have the following sound packages installed:
>
>libpulse 4.0-6
>pulseaudio 4.0-6
>pulseaudio-alsa 2-2
>
>$ aplay /opt/trinity/share/sounds/KDE_Window_UnSticky.wav
>
>ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
>ALSA lib conf.c:4248:(_snd_config_evaluate) function 
>snd_func_card_driver
>returned error: No such file or directory
>ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
>ALSA lib conf.c:4248:(_snd_config_evaluate) function 
>snd_func_concat returned
>error: No such file or directory
>ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
>ALSA lib conf.c:4248:(_snd_config_evaluate) function 
>snd_func_refer returned
>error: No such file or directory
>ALSA lib conf.c:4727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such 
>file or directory
>ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM sysdefault
>aplay: main:722: audio open error: No such file or directory
>
>$ aplay -l
>
>aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...
>
>$ aplay -L
>
>null
>    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples 
>(capture)
>pulse
>    PulseAudio Sound Server
>default
>    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
>
>
>This gets more interesting comparing the sound modules loaded in 
>the 3513
>install and the R14 install:
>
>3513:
>
>Module                  Size  Used by
>snd_intel8x0           22768  2
>snd_ac97_codec         89868  1 snd_intel8x0
>ac97_bus                 874  1 snd_ac97_codec
>snd_pcm                61237  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
>snd_page_alloc          5901  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>snd_timer              14902  1 snd_pcm
>snd                    44394  8 
>snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm
>soundcore               4378  1 snd
>
>R14:
>
>Module                  Size  Used by
>snd_intel8x0           23757  0
>snd_ac97_codec         89404  1 snd_intel8x0
>ac97_bus                 878  1 snd_ac97_codec
>snd_pcm                63880  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
>snd_page_alloc          5978  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>snd_timer              14946  1 snd_pcm
>snd                    44598  4 
>snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm
>soundcore               4386  1 snd
>
>They are identical, so what ever is going on with R14, it has 
>exactly the same
>modules loaded and available that 3.5.13 does, but for some reason 
>it is not
>seeing the sound card or anything associated with it.

pulseaudio: I know nothing and hope to keep my life that way. :)

If the aplay command responds then you have ALSA installed. (I 
thought ALSA and pulseaudio were incompatible.)

Try this:

alsactl init

Also in KControl->Sound & Multimedia->Sound System, verify the 
sound system is enabled in the General tab, then look in the 
Hardware tab for the audio device selection.

Darrell