собрал канонически, без модулей, не сработало

# grep HDA .config
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ATIHDMI=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE is not set
# dmesg | grep HDA
  #0: HDA Intel at 0xf7100000 irq 22
#lspci | grep HD
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 02)

решил сделать с модумал и все равно не заработало=(

# grep HDA .config
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ATIHDMI=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=y
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE is not set
debian:/usr/src/linux-2.6.26.1# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_hda_intel         321172  0
snd_pcm                60036  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              21384  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11784  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep               9732  1 snd_hda_intel
# ls /dev/snd
controlC0  hwC0D2  pcmC0D0c  pcmC0D0p  pcmC0D1c  pcmC0D1p  pcmC0D2c  timer
# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0