Newbie problem: Hoary live makes sound, installed version silent

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I've been puzzled about linux sound from the beginning.  Now I really want it,
and it's got me stumped.  I could use some help.

When I boot my Hoary live disk, it comes up loud.
When I boot the same kernel from my hard-disk installation, I can't get it
so so much as squeak.  Here's what I've done so far to no avail:

I've visited Ssytem -> Preferences -> Sound -> SoundEvents, and even
if I locate a .wav and assign it, "play" produces no sound at all.  Not even
a click.

I've visited Applications->Sound+Video -> Volume Control and unmuted the
playback stuff and set the volume controls mid-range.  No help.

I've compared the outputs of lsmod, and while there are some differences,
it appears all the sound stuff is loaded.  Here's an extract of the hard-drive
version:

snd_fm801              18052  1
snd_tea575x_tuner       3904  1 snd_fm801
videodev                9792  1 snd_tea575x_tuner
snd_ac97_codec         74144  1 snd_fm801
snd_pcm_oss            52132  1
snd_mixer_oss          19680  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                94696  3 snd_fm801,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          9732  1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib           10720  1 snd_fm801
snd_timer              25060  2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep               9380  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart         7680  1 snd_fm801
snd_rawmidi            24480  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8460  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd                    55012  11 snd_fm801,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mi
xer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi
,snd_seq_device
soundcore              10016  2 snd
i2c_piix4               8560  0
i2c_core               22320  1 i2c_piix4



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