> dmix/dshare/dsnoop devices that want to share the same hardware device > must use the same ipc_key. > HTH > Clemens Ah HAH! I went ahead and paired them up and 6 of 7 cards worked. I supposed the hold out is one that might have a hardware issue, and might be the one that caused the issues / kernel panic under BSD (The computer is a backplane system with 17 PCI slots, and 5 PCI busses. The motherboard itself is a removable card that is under a standard called PICMG. All Intel chipsets, seems to work fine). Thanks much for the solution! So far so good!! I'll probably back it down to 6 cards, removing the non-working one just to avoid issues. Thanks much! Still lots of tweeking to go, but this is a giant step! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user