bbarron: Sorry I can't help, could you start a new thread? While this is an audio on Linux issue, it is a different distro and a different sound card, which makes a big difference.

alok.rhct: You have the right kernel packages to build and install these. Try running alsamixer in a terminal window. You can select each sound controller with the arrow keys, <tab> will select between playback, capture, and all devices, and "m" will toggle mute/unmute.

If that still doesn't work, send me some files. Here is the steps to create what I'll need:
open a terminal window. Type "su root".
type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/aslasound stop".
type "dmesg -c".
type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/aslasound start".
type "dmesg >dmesg.out".
type "cat /proc/asound/version >alsa.ver".
type "cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#2 >codec.out".

Send me these 3 files. You can send them to my gmail account (same name).

One issue that I'm currently working on resolving is the front panel headphone jack doesn't work when you plug in your headphones. You need to have headphones plugged in when you start the audio driver. It is supposed to autodetect, and switch audio from the rear green plug to the front headphone plug. I should have this fixed by tomorrow, though.