I have a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 5.1 PCI sound card and I have just about had enough with sound card problems with this computer. Over the past couple of years, I started with Mandrake 8.2 and upgraded to 9.0 and 9.1 During my really initial learning phase, I reloaded Mandrake 8.2 and 9.0 several times each. The only problem that I had (and it occurred everytime) was I had to struggle with getting the sound to work all the way. I got the sound to work with 9.1 for the most part with the exception of the Surround sound until recently someone had a solution that fixed the Surround sound. Yesterday, during something I was doing, I trashed my / directory and had to reload 9.1 for the second time. Guess what -- the sound doen't work at all again. I have tried everything that I did in the past, researched the newbie list (and there are thousands of entries on sound problems) tried everything I could find there and still no sound. My rant is that every time that I have had to install a new version or reinstall an old version I have had to fiddle-dick with this sound card and the solution has appeared to be different every time. SO THE POINT TO THIS LONG AND TIRED EMAIL IS -- I know that someone (and I remember it as being Anne) bought a sound card that came with Linux drivers and worked out of the box. I don't mind the occasional learning experience but this is one of those problems that I would like to make permanently go away. Is there a particular Sound card that works?
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