Sound question. It works in run level 5 but not in 3.

[Steven W. Orr]

F9: I boot the computer in run level 5 and log in and sound seems to work 
ok. I edit /etc/inittab and set the default run level to 3 and reboot. 
Then I log in on the text console and run startx. When X comes up I have 
no sound.

Why do I not have sound in Run Level 3?
How can I start sound in RL3?
Why does sound seem to be related to X? I used to be able to play a sound 
file from the text console.

TIA

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