As I was reading through the test-list archive, I remembered that I, too, was having the same problem regarding sound and EMU10k. Never worked since trying to initialize sound at installation. At that moment, I recalled what other distributions have done, installing with all mixer settings DOWN. I opened KMIX (my Gnome isn't working right now, but that's for a different message), and adjusted my sliders. They appeared to be up a little, but I moved them up more anyway (what would it hurt if it isn't working, right?). Then I opened up System Settings > Soundcard Detection, and I could barely hear the test pattern. I bumped up my speaker volume a little, and viola! Sound works!