> Hi Linux folk,
>
> Have any of you successfully gotten sound to work? (I figure someone
> has...)
> Supposedly my ctx laptop has a creative sound blaster 16 plug and play
> sound card. My old kernel was 2.0.34 - I tried to rebuild it using 2.0.36,
> and including sound stuff. I used the linux.org HOWTOs but it was very
> angry with me for messing with its guts and wouldn't let me start x
> up. complaining about a whole bunch of undefined stuff... Luckily I had
> saved my old kernel so the computer is not doomed, it's just mute.
> Do I really have to rebuild the kernel? I have Red Hat - does this matter
> at all?
> Any help would be really appreciated
> Thanks!
> Naomi
>
>
Try using the sndconfig that comes with redhat, it's fairly easy to use.
dave