Comment 33 for bug 92171

more info:

tail -2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC861

cat /etc/asound.conf ~/.asoundrc*
cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /home/matt/.asoundrc*: No such file or directory

cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0 CPU1
  0: 5327259 1032 IO-APIC-edge timer
  1: 23723 144 IO-APIC-edge i8042
  8: 5 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc
  9: 3833 7 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
 12: 642622 18 IO-APIC-edge i8042
 14: 594285 26 IO-APIC-edge libata
 15: 81795 44 IO-APIC-edge libata
 16: 132 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394
 17: 790282 400 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
 18: 438559 168 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, yenta, tifm_7xx1, sdhci:slot0, ipw3945
 19: 63 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb5
 20: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2
 21: 4807 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel
220: 3722 2 PCI-MSI-edge eth0
NMI: 0 0
LOC: 410839 2071931
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 180 [71%] [-15.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 180 [71%] [-15.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 23
  Mono: Capture [on]
  Front Left: Playback 13 [57%] [3.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 13 [57%] [3.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 13
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-6.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-6.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mixer',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Caller ID',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 120
  Front Left: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]