[Alsa-user] nforce2 pcm_write I/O error

[David M. <sv...@ya...>]

Hello,
I seem to have a mental block with alsa install.  When I test for sound 
with aplay, I get no noise and this result:


   abu /usr/yokel/bin ./aplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Window_Open.wav
   Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Window_Open.wav' : Signed 16 bit 
Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo
   aplay: pcm_write:1029: write error: Input/output error

I have the following 'snd' modules loaded:

   snd-mixer-oss          11328   1 (autoclean)
   snd-intel8x0           16480   1
   snd-pcm                57376   0 [snd-intel8x0]
   snd-timer              14432   0 [snd-pcm]
   snd-mpu401-uart         3008   0 [snd-intel8x0]
   snd-rawmidi            12928   0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
   snd-seq-device          3956   0 [snd-rawmidi]
   snd-ac97-codec         35232   0 [snd-intel8x0]
   snd                    28000   0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm 
snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
   soundcore               3588   1 [snd]
   snd-page-alloc          5572   0 (autoclean) [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]

Also, I have unmuted and redlines every channel I could with alsamixer.

Please help - I am stumped on what else the problem could be!

One fellow suggested I had not enough ACPI support in my kernel, but 
hasn't explained what Alsa's ACPI requirements are, exactly.