No sound from ESS SOLO-1

[Chris <cditri_(_at_)_comcast_(_dot_)_net>]

Greetings everyone,

As the subject states, I am not getting any sound from the soundcard in 
my laptop.  According to dmesg, it is detected.  It worked when win98 
ran on this system, and when I boot to Knoppix.

I couldn't find any specific references in the documentation to 
trouble-shooting sound cards, so I am not even sure where to start.  I 
am still very much a newbie.

I have installed KDE on the system, and tried to play several different 
wav files.  Somtimes I will hear an extremely high-pitched (almost 
inaudible) "beep" like noise -- but most of the time I hear nothing.  I 
have opened KMIX, turned on all channels and cranked them to the 
maximum.  Still nothing.

I am at a loss, can someone please point me in the right direction here?

Thank you.


Chris