All, Just a comment piece here. No questions, just sharing my pain for future searches.
I started with FC2, Jarod's guide, and very little time and budget. I had three sound cards, all were ISA. It took a bit of tinkering (for me) to learn how to get the sb16 installed and running, I'd later learn that I could have used alsaconf to get the same results as the isapnp tools and isapnp.conf. However, I could never get audio from aplay /dev/dsp, I tried the alsamixer and gnome mixer, and just never got sound. ( yes, specifying the capture device, hitting mute, all that.) Tried a built-in sound card on a dell optiplex, and it wasn't found. Bought a cheapo sound card on eBay that was supported by alsa. (A C-Media something or other.) This card was detected, and worked, but for the life of me, I couldn't get clear sound from aplay /dev/dsp. It was distorted, badly. I tried loking for an in-gain, or anything else, and could never, ever get the output right. I read a post, (from Jarod?) that suggested the "rock solid" SB Live 5.1. I went to Best Buy, they only had a Sound Blaster Live! 24 7.1. I figured it was close enough, and I was wrong. Nothing detected the card. It was as if it wasn't present at all. I looked at the alsa site, and determined that it was supported, but I just couldn't seem to get it to work. Took the card back. Went to WalMart, and found it, a Sound Blaster Live! (LS) 5.1. I bought it. Took it home. In 5 minutes it was all working, with nice, clear, /dev/dsp sound. It's been frustrating, and I didn't want to buy hardware, but oh well. The SB Live 5.1 is a brain dead nice card and I'm very pleased wtih it. -=J
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