AlsaMixer shows Card but nothing under Sound/Output

AlsaMixer shows Card but nothing under Sound/Output

Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Toshiba Satellite M115-S1061
realtek alc861-vd (shown by SLAX CD)
AlsaMixer shows my card/chip HDA ATI SB and RealTek ALC861-VD
However when I open Rhythmbox or look at sound settings no device appears
under Output - Play Sound through.
If I plug in headphones and turn all volume settings in Alsamixer up I can
hear sound very, very, very faintly (did I say it was faint).
The very weird thing is that when I run a very old Live CD for SLAX (Linux
2.6.27.27) the sound comes on right away at full normal volume, once the
image boots. In examining that environment, it says the audio is coming
under OSS and not ALSA.