De (from) (von) <pmsa4-alsa@xxxxxxxx> : > Another option is to upgrade to Lenny alltogether... Etch have > got quite old now. Unless you have some good reasons to keep > using it, perhaps it's better to switch over to Lenny, even if > it have not been released yet... though running an unreleased > distribution is not recommended for a newbie. ;-) I'm on lenny now (2.6.24-1-686) lspci -vvv give always 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Unknown device 293e (rev 02) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 829f Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 15 Region 0: Memory at f9ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Note that on the asus web site it' written : Realtek ALC 883, 8-channel High-Definition Audio CODEC - Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O Lenny don't solve the problem...Sure I have more options now : in the Module snd-hda-intel section of /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.24/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt.gz: ,---- | ALC883/888 | 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O | 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O | 3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel | 3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O | 6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board | acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc) | acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810 | medion Medion Laptops | medion-md2 Medion MD2 | targa-dig Targa/MSI | targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel | laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE) | lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E | lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763 | lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195 | haier-w66 Haier W66 | 6stack-hp HP machines with 6stack (Nettle boards) | 3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards) | auto auto-config reading BIOS (default) `---- But when I try the parameters (I use modconf to insert them) dmesg give : snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `3stack-dig' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `6stack-dig' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `auto' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `3stack-6c' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `3stack-6ch-dig' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `6stack-dig-demo' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `acer' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `acer-aspire' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `medion' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `medion-md2' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `targa-dig' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `targa-2ch-dig' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `laptop-eapd' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `lenovo-101e' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `lenovo-nb0763' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `lenovo-ms7195' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `haier-w66' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `6stack-hp' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `3stack-hp' snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `auto' any clue ? A lot of thanks -- philippe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user