Linux printer/sound problem

[confuted]

Sorry to bother you guys with another one of my (hopefully) easy to solve Linux problems again so soon, but I can't figure it out. I'm running Redhat Linux 8.0 with the most recent updates, and I have both the sound and printer drivers installed. Linux has correctly detected and identified both my printer and my soundcard, however, neither works. I get no sound, including from the test sound button in the configuration, and nothing will print for me

My soundcard is identified like this in the hardware browser:
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Driver: emu10k1
Device: n/a
SB Live!

My printer is identified like this:
Manufacterer: unknown
Driver: unknown
Device: /dev/lp0
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 940C

If anyone has any ideas, they would be much appreciated...I don't have any idea what I'm doing. If I haven't posted enough information and there is something else that I can tell you that will help, let me know and I'll try to post that as well. Thanks

[SourceCode]

What sound card, are you sure thats the right driver? For my sound card it says I should use that same driver yet it is another one. I at least got errors though heh.

[frenchfry164]

I had the same problem you're having with RH 8. I was looking how to fix it, and I almost did, but it was a pain. I didn't want to pay for OSS and I couldn't find a moderm Free/OSS, so I said screw it. Know what I did to fix the problem? I upgraded to RH 9.

[confuted]

Did everything work properly with RH9? Also, is there any way for me to update to 9 without downloading the entire set of CDs (again)? Other than, of course, getting the CDs some other way. I don't have limited amounts of bandwidth, but I do have limited amounts of patience.