when I play a music file in totem it works fine, but when i use aplay i get nothing but static. just before it was the opposite where aplay worked and totem didn't. Also the volume, at the regular master level in alsamixer is lower than it was before.

aplay -l :
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
lspci -v :
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0529
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 96
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
	I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
	Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 052e
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=08, sec-latency=168
	I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00008fff
	Memory behind bridge: c0200000-cfffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-efffffff
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 1860 [size=16]
	Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 052d
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0537
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
	I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
	Memory at c0000c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
	Memory at c0000800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0524
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
	I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0530
	Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
	Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
	Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel modules: radeonfb

02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0512
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: e8000000-ebfff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: c4000000-c7fff000
	I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
	I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0512
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at b1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
	Memory window 0: ec000000-effff000 (prefetchable)
	Memory window 1: c8000000-cbfff000
	I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff
	I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff
	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket

02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Phillips Components Device 8331
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
	Kernel modules: ath_pci, ath5k

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)
	Subsystem: IBM Device 0522
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
	Memory at c0210000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	I/O ports at 8000 [size=64]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100, eepro100