Let's break this down into steps: * ALSA can't be made to work with Puppy on a Gateway Solo 2150, for whatever reason. Rather than bang our head on that wall, we can note that... * Sound works out of the box on said Gateway with the latest Damn Small Linux (4.4.10). * lsmod shows me the es1371 kerne...

Been banging my head on this sound problem for a week or so. One thing I did notice was this (see attached) coming up when alsaconf installed the driver.

4.2 is fantastic on this ancient laptop. Everything works well & fast, except the sound.