[linux-audio-user] no recording in alsa / linux 2.6

Am I missing something that prevents me from recording? $ uname -a Linux innanu 2.6.4-rc2 #3 SMP Mon Mar 8 19:54:51 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux $ lsmod Module Size Used by snd_pcm_oss 57284 0 snd_mixer_oss 18400 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_midi 7264 0 snd_virmidi 3552 0 snd_seq_virmidi 6784 1 snd_virmidi snd_seq_midi_event 6464 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq 59184 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_intel8x0 31012 0 snd_ac97_codec 60004 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 97376 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 25600 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart 7232 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 23040 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 7172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd 58372 14 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_virmidi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 9508 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm nvidia 2069832 14 $ cat /etc/modules.conf alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias char-major-116 snd options snd major=116 cards_limit=1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 id="ICH" mpu_port=0x330 alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 alias snd-card-1 snd-virmidi alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install sound-slot-0 && { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1; /bin/true; } remove sound-slot-0 { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1; /bin/true; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove sound-slot-0 alias eth0 8139too alias char-major-89 i2c-dev