Grumpy functionality with KDE's aRts mixer, long timeouts waiting for xmms to play, or any mp3 player for that matter, even amp or mpg321. Sometimes system sounds get queued. Kill aRts and its all happy.

CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_MIDI) [N/y/?]
Enable joystick (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_JOYSTICK) [N/y/?]
Support CMI8738 based audio cards (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_CM8738) [Y/n/?]
Inverse S/PDIF in for CMI8738 (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_SPDIFINVERSE) [N/y/?]
Enable S/PDIF loop for CMI8738 (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_SPDIFLOOP) [N/y/?]
Number of speakers 2, 4, 5, 6 (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_SPEAKERS) [4]
Use Line-in as Read-out (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_LINE_REAR) [N/y/?]
Use Line-in as Bass (CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_LINE_BASS) [N/y/?]

Great cheap audio card.