kernel 2.6.29.5-2-rt seems to not recognize my soundcard

[Susan Cragin]

>> My soundcard is the indigoiox. It doesn't seem to be working properly

>Looking at the module info for the card driver, I see:
>firmware:       ea/indigo_iox_dsp.fw
>firmware:       ea/loader_dsp.fw
>
>You will have to fetch alsa-firmware from the medibuntu repos, and install it. If they don't have 1.0.20 available, you will need to download it from the alsa site and build it yourself.
>
>Happy to help further should you need it.
>
>Luke

I did fetch alsa-firmware, and it was version 20, so that's good. 
Now the gnome volume control shows all output channels but no input. 
Audacity still will not record. 
alsamixer does not work. 

susan at ubuntu:~$ strace -eopen alsamixer
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
open("/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY)  = 3
open("/usr/lib/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)          = 3
open("/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/home/susan/.asoundrc", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/home/susan/.asoundrc.asoundconf", O_RDONLY) = 4
open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR)      = 3
open("/dev/snd/controlC1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/dev/snd/controlC1", O_RDWR)      = 3
open("/dev/snd/controlC2", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC2", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC3", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC3", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC4", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC4", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC5", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC5", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC6", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC6", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC7", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC7", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC8", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC8", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC9", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC9", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC10", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC10", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC11", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC11", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC12", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC12", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC13", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC13", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC14", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC14", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC15", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC15", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC16", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC16", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC17", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC17", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC18", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC18", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC19", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC19", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC20", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC20", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC21", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC21", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC22", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC22", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC23", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC23", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC24", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC24", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC25", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC25", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC26", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC26", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC27", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC27", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC28", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC28", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC29", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC29", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC30", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC30", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/snd/controlC31", O_RDONLY)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/dev/aloadC31", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device