[linux-audio-user] New sound card problems

I just recently got an M-Audio 2496 card but am having problems with
it:)

Under Mandrake 10.1 the card seems to have been recognised OK and the
driver ICE1712 [Envy24] has been installed however no applications seem
to be able to find the card.

Going through Mandrake's own troubleshooting (as root) produces the
following:

[root@email-addr-hidden folderol]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@email-addr-hidden folderol]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@email-addr-hidden folderol]# aumix -q
aumix: error opening mixer
[root@email-addr-hidden folderol]# /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
[root@email-addr-hidden folderol]#

I have also just got a copy of Suse 10 so tried that as well on a
spare hard drive. This time the card is fully recognised, and sound is
produced but is over-loud and distorted when running Amorok. Changing
volume levels doesn't seem to help, and the graphic display on Amorok
clearly shows clipping going on.

Can anyone suggest anything for either of these problems.

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