Quote Originally Posted by dash
I have purchased a Dell with this sound card and it is not a standard SB live card. It is not (yet) supported by any of the open source drivers. The only support I could find is from http://www.opensound.com/ and is not free.

dash.
Now why doesn't that suprise me? There is always the ALSA-project. They give good instructions on how to make a given card work. Of course- if you have an el-cheapo card that is simply "SB compatible" (whatever that really means) then maybe it's a waste of your time.