I have successfully configured sound on a couple of Debian boxes, but only as a result of hit&miss luck. On this box with an AudioPCI 64 (Ensonique 1371 I believe), I haven't had any success.
A LOT of the problem is that I just don't comprehend what's necessary to get sound working. Reading the HOWTOs hasn't helped (obviously, or I wouldn't be posting). When I run "make menuconfig", I specified that sound support should be loaded as a module, and that the Ensonique 1371 should be loaded as a module. Do I also need to load the OSS drivers? Or are they only needed if the sound card is not listed in the list above the OSS drivers (which is what I understood to be the case)? Do I need the isapnp package? I have never had to install it on the other Debian boxes I've gotten sound to work on, but then it may have been installed as part of the "gee-whiz" selections during the initial install, which I bypassed on this box. I thought that if the BIOS was set to "PnP OS = No" that the BIOS would take care of assigning IRQs, etc. Am I mistaken in this belief? If I do need the isapnp package, can anyone give me a two-sentence summary of how it works (like: find out what IRQ, etc your card uses via <whatevermethod>, write those settings to isapnp.conf like "SB16Compat=5,7,1,off", and finally run isapnp)? Thanks for any help!
