Not sure what chipset the yamaha is, but you can get a list of the cards alsa supports here:
http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/

Paul Rech [rechpj at earthlink.net] wrote:
> I need a new sound card.
> 
> My 6 year old needed mine in the new family computer to play his
> favorite song
> over and over and over.
> Smells Like Teen Spirit.  Which many people think was a Nirvana song.
> But really was done by the "loud guy" according to my son.
> 
> And to digress even further, he plays it, with no help from me, in xmms
> in Linux.  
> So much for not being desktop ready.
> 
> Anyway, I saw a yamaha PCI 512 voice surround sound at General
> Nanosystems for $27.
> Which is about as much as I'd like to pay, to give you an idea of cheap.
> 
> Couldn't find this on the new, crappier Redhat hardware list.
> Nor any mention of it on deja.
> 
> Anyone know if this works under Linux?
> 
> Paul
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