I have no sound on my Debian unstable.

# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid

# lspci |grep -i audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

# lsmod | grep -i snd

snd_hda_codec_realtek 235506 1 snd_hda_intel 19907 0 snd_hda_codec 54244 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 5380 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss 32591 0 snd_mixer_oss 12606 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 60471 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_midi 4400 0 snd_rawmidi 15515 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 4628 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 42881 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 15582 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 4493 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 46446 11 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 4598 1 snd snd_page_alloc 6249 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

# cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.

# uname -r 2.6.32-5-amd64