Michael Mossey wrote:
  I'm new to the Linux sound world.  I'm trying
to get an Audiophile 2496 to
 work on Fedora Core 3.  I was able to install the OSS driver; however, it
 isn't putting sound out the SPDIF output, which is what I want.  I tried
 to run alsamixer but got a message
 alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device or
 address 
Do you have the ALSA module installed?
-- Brett