starttde won't even start due to
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=2557 so I run
/opt/trinity/bin/starttde from the xterm that startx puts on the display, in
which the following appears (among much else which I cannot figure out how to
copy and paste into any file):

[starttde] TDE_SESSION_UID: 0
[tdeinit] Shutting down running client.
...
[FIXME] UNCLASSIFIED DEVICE name: gpiochip206 type: (null) subsystem: gpio
drive r: gpio_ich [Node Path: (null) [Syspath:
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1F.0/gpio_ich/gpio/gpiochip206] [8086:2640]
...
[artsd] There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active...
[artsd] Error: Can't add object reference (probably artsd is already
running). If you are sure it is not already running, remove the relevant files...
...
konsole: WARNING: Unable to use
/opt/trinity/share/apps/konsole/screen.desktop W: [pulseaudio] main.c: This
program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
...

What program needs --system? How do I configure that way? How do I get sound
in these distros? Same distros typically make sound automagically on other
hardware, so why this machine's trouble is inexplicable, especially as it
works as expected with Jessie.

Running alsaconf unloads all kernel snd modules, then reports cannot find any
sound device.

Installation/machine data:
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
# lspci | grep Audio
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
(ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
# lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0           33097  4
snd_ac97_codec        113887  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus               12671  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                97617  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              24319  1 snd_pcm
snd                    70630  12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              14600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14231  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
# hwinfo --sound
22: PCI 1e.2: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
  [Created at pci.319]
  Unique ID: r0Vg.GIatCp3PtAA
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.2
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1e.2
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "Dell Optiplex GX280"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x266e "82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0179 "Optiplex GX280"
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "snd_intel8x0"
  Driver Modules: "snd_intel8x0"
  I/O Ports: 0xec00-0xecff (rw)
  I/O Ports: 0xe8c0-0xe8ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xdfebfe00-0xdfebffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xdfebfd00-0xdfebfdff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (4547 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d0000266Esv00001028sd00000179bc04sc01i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: snd_intel8x0 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_intel8x0"
  Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
# systemctl list-unit-files | egrep 'snd|alsa|pulse|sound'
alsa-restore.service                   static
alsa-state.service                     static
alsa-store.service                     static
alsasound.service                      static
sound.target                           static
# systemctl list-units | egrep 'snd|alsa|pulse|sound'
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1e.2-sound-card0.device
             loaded active plugged   82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
AC'97 Audio Controller (Optiplex GX280)
sound.target
# rpm -qa | sort | egrep 'pavuc|alsa|arts|kspace|phonon|pulse'
alsa-1.0.27.2-3.5.1.i586
alsa-firmware-1.0.27-2.1.2.noarch
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.27-3.1.1.i586
alsa-tools-1.0.27-5.1.3.i586
alsa-tools-gui-1.0.27-5.1.3.i586
alsa-utils-1.0.27.2-4.5.1.i586
arts-1.5.10-37.1.3.i586
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-4.0.git.270.g9490a-20.1.i586
libpulse0-4.0.git.270.g9490a-20.1.i586
pavucontrol-2.0-2.4.2.i586
pulseaudio-4.0.git.270.g9490a-20.1.i586
pulseaudio-module-x11-4.0.git.270.g9490a-20.1.i586
pulseaudio-utils-4.0.git.270.g9490a-20.1.i586
pyalsa-1.0.26-5.1.2.i586
trinity-arts-1.5.10-14.0.2_1.oss131.i586
trinity-arts-config-pulseaudio-1.5.10-14.0.2_1.oss131.i586
-- 
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!

Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/