ALSA recording

I'm trying to setup the input device. soundcard is detected and works ok. In gnome-volume-control mic is set to record. In gstreamer-properties default source is set to silence. If I choose ALSA, ESD or OSS, gstreamer crashes. Am I missing something ? Output of lsmod Module Size Used by snd_pcm_oss 47908 0 ide_cd 35716 0 cdrom 33052 1 ide_cd snd_mixer_oss 17024 2 snd_pcm_oss snd_cs46xx 80936 4 snd_rawmidi 22816 1 snd_cs46xx snd_seq_device 7688 1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 53124 1 snd_cs46xx snd_pcm 88584 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cs46xx snd_timer 23428 1 snd_pcm gameport 4736 1 snd_cs46xx snd_page_alloc 11524 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm snd 49380 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9312 2 snd # kudzu -p --class=AUDIO - class: AUDIO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: snd-cs46xx desc: "Cirrus Logic|CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator]" vendorId: 1013 deviceId: 6003 subVendorId: 1014 subDeviceId: 0153 pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 0 pcidev: 5 pcifn: 0