kernel 2.6.29.5-2-rt seems to not recognize my soundcard

[Susan Cragin]

>> Thank you for the suggestion. With echomixer the audio shows up but incoming registers at a very, very low level and there is no control to increase it. Perhaps there is a bug.
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>To rule out a kernel issue, try and see if you can incoming audio at a higher level with th3 2.6.31-2-generic kernel. If thats ok, then there is something with the kernel that needs addressing.
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>Luke

I installed the 2.6.31-2-generic kernel and recompiled alsa against that kernel. Still no incoming sound. So it's not the kernel. 
The echoaudio iox is a relatively new card. I imagine not that many people have tested it.