hello all, i am new to linux, i just got done installing
fedora core 2, i have a nforce chipset for sound and i installed the driver from the nvidia website and havent loaded it yet because
i think that alsa supports the nforce chipsets.
but i get no sound can anyone help here is some info

here is my lsmod output

Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 40740 0
snd_mixer_oss 13824 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 26280 4
snd_ac97_codec 50436 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 68872 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer 17156 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 3328 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 4864 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 17184 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6152 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 38372 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6112 3 snd
parport_pc 19392 1
lp 8236 0
parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 10624 0
sunrpc 101064 1
forcedeth 10624 0
ipt_REJECT 4736 1
ipt_state 1536 7
ip_conntrack 24968 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2048 1
ip_tables 13440 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
floppy 47440 0
sg 27552 0
joydev 6976 0
dm_mod 33184 0
ohci_hcd 14748 0
ehci_hcd 21896 0
button 4504 0
battery 6924 0
asus_acpi 8472 0
ac 3340 0
nvidia 4810604 12
ipv6 184288 10
ext3 102376 2
jbd 40216 1 ext3
sata_promise 10756 3
libata 29312 1 sata_promise,[permanent]
sd_mod 16384 4
scsi_mod 91344 4 sg,sata_promise,libata,sd_mod

and here is my lspci output

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (rev 02)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)


i already checked the levesl in the volume control and they are all on high and the lock checbox is checked.

any ideas?

thanks in advance