I updated my modules.conf... somewhere along the way I must have deleted the snd bit and never caught it. I copied your conf file over mine and now when I run /etc/init.d/alsasound start I hear a pop over the speakers. That is a little progress, but apparently the system is just not seeing the sound card.
$lsmod Module Size Used by snd-pcm-oss 38560 0 (unused) snd-mixer-oss 9456 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-card-via686a 7440 0 (unused) snd-ac97-codec 23456 0 [snd-card-via686a] snd-pcm 50752 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-card-via686a] snd-timer 10464 0 [snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 3360 0 [snd-card-via686a] snd-rawmidi 12832 0 [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 4080 0 [snd-rawmidi] snd 29008 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via686a snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] - Rob Altenburg
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