ALSA trouble _again_

[dbx at pobox.com (Dan Barrett)]

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Another ALSA driver upgrade, another show-stopper; can you folks tell me
whether this is an ALSA problem or a devfs problem?

ALSA modules load fine, no complaints.  lsmod show the following:

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_seq_oss            32768  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6080  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                53424  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6664  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            50596  0
snd_pcm                88968  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          9284  1 snd_pcm
snd_timer              22468  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          18272  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    47844  8
snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
[...]

Buuuuuuuut ...
$ amixer
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device

$ ls -al /dev/snd
total 0
drwxrwxr-x  1 root     root        0 Dec 31  1969 .
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root        0 Dec 31  1969 ..
crw-------  1 barretda audio 116,  0 Dec 31  1969 controlC0
crw-------  1 barretda audio 116,  1 Dec 31  1969 seq
crw-------  1 barretda audio 116, 33 Dec 31  1969 timer

Am I missing some devices in /dev/snd?  How can I force the creation of
the sound devices?  /proc/pci shows the sound card; it worked a week
ago, #include std_user_excuses etc. etc.

Best,
d.
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