Sound support seems to be one of the less well documented areas for
Linux in general and Debian in particular (go ahead, flame away and
point me to the how-to's I missed!).
I know I SHOULD be able to get a happy configuration with my Sound
Blaster Live - but I'm not getting very far. The frustrating part is
the lack of consistency - sometimes I can get things to work, and
sometimes not.
I'm trying to get comfortable with Debian - to actually get a feel for
how it works (without messing with code or re-compiling the kernel!) and
how to support it. So I just keep re-installing to see which steps mess
me up less than others.
Can someone point me to a resource to understand the sound support
available in Debian? Stuff that will explain to me the differences
between OSS, ESD, ALSA, etc.? And then of course adding a desktop
environment like KDE or GNOME adds another layer.
BTW, I'm using Woody - I think. I started messing with my sources.list,
just for fun, and I may have partially upgraded to Sarge or Sid.