which sound module for an intel 82801H sound controller?

[Bram Kuijper]

> try snd-intel8x0 - this (I think) is a generic module for all soundcards 
> that use the ac'97 bus, usually used by onboard soundcards. It will also 
> load snd-ac97-codec.

tried loading snd-intel8x0, but still no sound.

My lsmod is now saying:
snd_intel8x0           34972  0
snd_ac97_codec        100260  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                3200  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            44544  0
snd_mixer_oss          17664  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                80388  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4740  0
snd_seq_oss            33152  0
snd_seq_midi            9600  0
snd_rawmidi            25728  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                53104  6
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              24324  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9228  5
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    54532  10
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               8800  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         11528  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

I added the snd_intel8x0 module to /etc/modules and did do a reboot, but
it does not seem to work, speaker-test is still giving errors:
Error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3510:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer
returned error: No such device
ALSA lib conf.c:3982:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
Playback open error: -19,No such device

the sound-troubleshooting page on Ubuntu.com's help files,
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
points me to the fact that I now should start thinking about compiling 
my own alsadrivers, given that everything else failed....

That seems very odd to me, since _before I installed virtualbox_ sound 
was working, out of the box.

any information would be appreciated,
Bram