Okay, I take that there have been no more rplies to this because you still need more info.  Well, lets start with my entire system:

triksterx@triksterx-desktop:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-amd64
	Kernel modules: amd64-agp

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0c11
	Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at ec00 [size=32]
	I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64]
	I/O ports at 4c40 [size=64]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
	Memory at eb003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	Memory at eb004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20)
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	Memory at eb005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Device f0de:0c11
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
	[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
	[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
	[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
	[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pata_amd

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10
	Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=128
	I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000cfff
	Memory behind bridge: ea000000-eaffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 40000000-400fffff
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
	Flags: fast devsel
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
	Flags: fast devsel
	Kernel driver in use: k8temp
	Kernel modules: k8temp

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16
	Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at e9000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7084
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
	Memory at ea080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
	Kernel modules: ath_pci, ath5k

02:0a.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
	Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at a000 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

02:0a.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
	Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at a400 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

02:0a.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65) (prog-if 20)
	Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
	Memory at ea0a1000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev 46) (prog-if 10)
	Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
	Memory at ea0a2000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	I/O ports at a800 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394

02:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. Device 6114
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at ac00 [size=8]
	I/O ports at b000 [size=4]
	I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
	I/O ports at b800 [size=4]
	I/O ports at bc00 [size=16]
	Memory at ea0a0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sata_sil

02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device 969c
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
	Memory at ea090000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: tg3
	Kernel modules: tg3

02:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at c000 [size=32]
	I/O ports at c400 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: snd-ice1724


Now for the problem:

triksterx@triksterx-desktop:~$ aplay
ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3985:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
aplay: main:590: audio open error: No such file or directory


As you can see, there is a serious problem getting ALSA to detect my sound card.  I can not get any sound to play from my speakers at all. I have the system turned on.  All I get when I try to run a test sound is silence.  I get an error when I try to set sound playback in my sound properties to ALSA and play a sound:

audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback.

I have attempted to upgrade ALSA with no results.  I have purged and reinstalled ALSA with no results.  I have compiled the drivers for my sound card from source, with no results.  I have followed every tutorial I can find that even remotely resembles my problem, with no results.  It is not a problem with multiple sound cards.  I am only using my onboard sound card.  It is not a problem with BIOS settings, I have none for my sound card.  All cords are plugged in.  I have a seperate partition with 8.04 Hardy on it and sound works perfect on that.  It is what I have to boot into every time I want to listen to music on my computer.  

It would be nice if you would make some attempt to help solve the problem, rather than send me to a useless basic troubleshooting guide any noob would have tried before posting a bug.  If you still don't have enough info, let me know what you need and I'll post it.  If I am totally screwed on this problem, let me know so I can look for another current OS that will support my card.  Any kind of feedback would be greatly appreciated.