Correct, you would have

/sbin/modprobe modulename in rc.local


http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...-Creative_Labs

That is the url to view all creative lab (sound blaster) cards that are avalaible to the ALSA project.

Looks like the modulename would be ES1371 for Soundblaster Ensoniq AudioPCI. But, I don't know if that is the -exact- same. All we can do is try, and then move on from there. After you /sbin/modprobe ES1371 as su root in your terminal, also run these commands:

chmod 666 /dev/mixer*
chmod 666 /dev/snd*
chmod 666 /dev/snd/*
chgrp wheel /dev/mixer*
chgrp wheel /dev/snd*
chgrp wheel /dev/snd/*

And make sure your normal user is part of the wheel group (dropline gnome has a gui interface to do that, look for Users and Groups on the Gnomebar) Those will set permissions correctly for sound to work as a normal user in slackware 9.1 + dropline gnome.