For a long time, I have not been able to play music on Foresight (Dell) apparently because the sound card (Creative SoundBlaster emu10k1x) wasn't recognised.
Then I came across this which explained how to manually install the snd-emu1k1x module. The alsa files needed for this compile and install you can get from here.
I got an error with this command
chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi
I think because I don't have midi or sequencer stuff. Similarly, this command
modprobe snd-emu10k1x ; modprobe snd-pcm-oss ; modprobe snd-mixer-oss ; modprobe snd-seq-oss
gave a FATAL error for the snd-seq-oss part.
Nevertheless, after a reboot, my card now showed up in "Open Volume Control">File whereas before only Camera was available.
Now, I can play music in Banshee, without any problem.
It seems this may have arisen because of various kernel upgrades which, for some reason, did not include the emu10k1x module.
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