> yes. /proc/asound
> cat proc/asound/sndstat produces:
> bash-2.04$ cat /proc/asound/sndstat
> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.5.10b emulation code)
> Kernel: Linux sup3r 2.4.2 #16 Mon Apr 2 09:38:01 UTC 2001 i586
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>
> Card config:
> Sound Blaster 16 at 0x220, irq 10, dma 1&5
>
> Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Midi devices:
> 1: MPU-401 (UART)
>
> Timers:
> 7: system timer
>
> Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> it says not enabled in config but I am unsure of how to enable
> it...faq,install or rtfm'ng doesn't give any info on that...maybe that
is
> where my problems lie?
This says, that you have a sb16 module loaded. How did you compile
alsa? I modified /etc/alsa/alsa-source.conf and ensured that my card
was set, `grep -i card /etc/alsa/alsa-source.conf`:
ALSA_CARDS=ens1370