alsaconf error 1119 alsactl no such file

[Jude DaShiell]

This is with an snd-ens1371 card and alsa-xxx-1.0.8 on fc3 Hiedelberg 
edition.  This error is returned when alsaconf tries to play a sound and 
after the card is selected.  alsaconf then incorrectly claims the card is 
ready when trying to play any sound on it fails even with the speaker 
volumes raised.  The configure line on alsa-driver-1.0.8 looked like: 
./configure --with-cards=snd-ens1371 --with-sequencer=yes 
--with-isapnp=yes and I even threw in --with-redhat=yes out of 
desperation.  snddevices ran successfully and alsa-lib and alsa-utils 
built okay so far as I know.  For now I have no more ideas to try.