$ alsaconf will detect the soundcard but

$ aplay -l aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...

ALC883 Realtek lspci: 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)

Alsa info result:

upload=true&script=true&cardinfo= !!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59 !!################################

!!Script ran on: Tue Apr 13 20:50:40 UTC 2010

!!Linux Distribution !!------------------

Arch Linux \r (\n) (\l)

!!DMI Information !!---------------

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Product Name: MEGA BOOK S430

!!Kernel Information !!------------------

Kernel release: 2.6.33-ARCH Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: x86_64 Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version !!------------

Driver version: 1.0.21 Library version: 1.0.22 Utilities version: 1.0.22

!!Loaded ALSA modules !!-------------------

!!Sound Servers on this system !!----------------------------

ESound Daemon: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd) Running - No

Jack: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/jackd) Running - No

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!-----------------------------

--- no soundcards ---

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!--------------------------------------

00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)

!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !!--------------------------------------------------------

00:10.1 0403: 10de:026c (rev a2) Subsystem: 1462:373d

!!Loaded sound module options !!--------------------------

!!ALSA Device nodes !!-----------------

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Apr 13 14:37 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Apr 13 14:37 /dev/snd/timer

!!Aplay/Arecord output !!------------

APLAY

aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...

ARECORD

arecord: device_list:223: no soundcards found...

!!Amixer output !!-------------

!!Alsactl output !!-------------

--startcollapse-- --endcollapse--

!!All Loaded Modules !!------------------

Module ipt_MASQUERADE xt_state ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp iptable_filter nf_nat_h323 nf_conntrack_h323 nf_nat_pptp nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre nf_nat_proto_gre nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_tftp nf_nat_sip nf_conntrack_sip nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables x_tables ipv6 ext2 joydev usbhid hid arc4 ecb rt73usb crc_itu_t rt2x00usb rt2x00lib led_class mac80211 cfg80211 rfkill snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss ohci_hcd snd_timer video ac battery ehci_hcd snd snd_page_alloc nvidia output usbcore thermal i2c_nforce2 i2c_core button k8temp processor forcedeth psmouse sg edac_core edac_mce_amd evdev serio_raw soundcore fuse rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 sr_mod sd_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi pata_amd sata_nv libata scsi_mod

!!ALSA/HDA dmesg !!------------------

ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 23 HDA Intel 0000:00:10.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23 hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset HDA Intel 0000:00:10.1: setting latency timer to 64 usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 -- usbhid: USB HID core driver hda-intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x000f0000 hda-intel: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it... hda-intel: Codec #1 probe error; disabling it... hda-intel: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it... hda-intel: Codec #3 probe error; disabling it... hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x000f0000 hda-intel: no codecs initialized HDA Intel 0000:00:10.1: PCI INT B disabled EXT4-fs (sda4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode