Thanks Bill and Sergei! Here is the new information: >lsmod|grep snd >What does this list? Empty - no module with "snd" in it! >ls /proc/asound asound does not exist in /proc. ### Here is /etc/modprobe.conf. The first three entires are due to my existing hardware, two Ethernet and one SCSI port. I do not understand the last line "remove snd-cs4236.....": alias eth0 8139too alias eth1 e100 alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-cs4236 index=0 remove snd-cs4236 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-cs4236 _________________________________________________________________ >From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes has it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user