I recompiled the kernel with the CMI8738 drivers built-into the kernel.
I also got rid of a lot of apparently superflous sound stuff (OSS
drivers?) and drivers for hardware I don't have.
Now sound works fine.
If anybody else with the same (or similar) hardware runs into this
problem I'd be
I just installed MDK 8.2 on a empty partition of my computer. I also
have 8.1 on a different partition. Sound works fine under 8.1 (using
the default setup chosen by the installer). The system I use has sound
built into the motherboard (MSI 845 Ultra) The MDK8.2 installer
indentifies my