Hi Onetrack

Well, now I guess my Epia 9000 is out of date.

I had a good adventure getting the sound to work
but KNOPPIX is terriffic and the alsa cheat code
will get the sound going. This will save you some time.

To fine tune it to get rid of static and noise check out
this link for settings:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2831

Happy Knoppixing
paradoc