Volume Control not working

[Michael A. Peters]

Asus A7N8X Deluxe (uses snd-intel8x0)

Back when volume controll offered both alsa and oss mixers - getting  
sound out of my souncard was a sinch in the OSS mixer - but I never  
could get the alsa mixer to work - even though OSS really used alsa or  
whatever.

Now there is no OSS mixer in my sound control panel - and I can't get  
sound to work.

With all due respect - the OSS mixer really is KISS compared to the  
Alsa mixer - I do not like the alsa mixer, far too many controlls, and  
if good documentation for those controls exist, I certainly don't know  
where it is - it's not in the help tab for the Volume Control thingy.

I've tried turning PCM up - I put the maximum volume up - but I'm not  
getting any sound output.

How the hell do I get my sound back? I really don't like it when I have  
to fight with a system to do a simple task.