ESD/ALSA
Right on first boot after using that new kernel of mine (because I made sure ALSA & the right modules were compiled in – not just optional) ALSA worked. Fired up XMMS and pointed it at ALSA and it was playing away. Problem is that Gnome uses ESD so some devices dont work. I found a howto on getting ESD / ALSA to play well together, but all I needed...