Thanks for your reply - OK, upgraded to 1.0.14.rc4 per instructions on http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Neomagic&c ard=MagicMedia+256AV.&chip=NM2200&module=nm256. Behavior is the same. snd-nm256 will not load without force_ac97=1; when sucessfully loaded, aplay somefile.wav results in aplay: pcm_write:1265: write error: Input/output error Thanks for any suggestions! Jabez > -----Original Message----- > From: rlrevell@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rlrevell@xxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Lee Revell > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:27 PM > To: J. McClelland and C. Chow > Cc: alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: nm256: Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop > > > On 5/29/07, J. McClelland and C. Chow <mcchow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am running a 2.6.18 kernel as provided by the Debian etch > > distribution (as of 4/07). The ALSA driver version is > 1.0.12rc1. lspci > > | grep audio reports: > > Try a recent ALSA version. > > Lee > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user