Fedora Core 2 and audio

[Rob Solomon]

>>>The third reason for me not filing a bug report is that I really do not 
>>>believe it *that* important that sound works right out of the box.
>>
>>Hey, guys
>>    If Linux is a private game for geeks with horn-rimmed glasses, shaggy 
>> beards, and hair on their palms, then that is an acceptable answer, but 
>> if Linux is EVER to be accepted popularly, that is the wrong way to go.
>>Especially with a sound chip that is found on a significant percentage of 
>>the older boxes that Linux gets installed on.
>>    Regardless of Windows' many faults and flaws, M'squat insures by 
>> bribery, intimidation, or whatever, that common hardware DOES work 
>> "right out of the box".  While I'm a newbie with Linux I do consider 
>> myself reasonably competent.  If, after scanning this forum, and the 
>> FAQs, and Google, I still can't get my sound card to work (or my USB Zip 
>> drive, but that's another issue), then it's time to hang it up.  I have 
>> a day job, a wife, and a few other things that take precedence over 
>> trying to force Linux to recognise a legacy sound chip.
>
>I think you misunderstood my points, and you have also misrepresented what 
>I said. Taken out of context, as you have chosen to do, it *does* look 
>bad. What I said (among other things) is:
>
>'The third reason for me not filing a bug report is that I really do not 
>believe it *that* important that sound works right out of the box. I don't 
>know - is there a mini howto on this matter? Maybe that would be a better 
>way to go, rather than hassling guys who are probably already flat out 
>dealing with much more pressing issues than some ignoramus (me) 
>complaining that the sound does not work. The fact that everything else 
>worked first time is something that should be mentioned however - the guys 
>involved with Fedora Core 2 distro have obviously gone out of their way to 
>make it an almost no-brainer to install Linux.'
>
>I would prefer you not take what I have said out of context in order to 
>make a point.
>
>Secondly, my *main* point was that I do not know whether there was a 
>problem with the Fedora distribution, or whether it was my 
>ignorance/ineptitude, that caused the audio to 'not work.' Given that I am 
>not in the position to try to replicate the problem, I will err on the 
>side of caution and not file a defect report. That is, I am prepared to 
>say that it was probably my fault rether than the Fedora distribution.
>
>Steve Cooke.

I am a newbie that can't get his soundcard to work.  It's an ancient 
Ensoniq Soundscape Elite that works in Win.  I think I agree there's a bug here