"Is this ALSA 1.0.13-rc3, or a patched ALSA from Realtek?" => It ALSA, not a patched version. It's weird because now, I get this error : [17179588.420000] ALSA /home/albuntu/install/realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05b/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:680: codec_mask = 0x3 [17179588.596000] hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS... [17179588.644000] ALSA /home/albuntu/install/realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05b/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2164: autoconfig: line_outs=3 (0x14/0x15/0x16/0x0/0x0) [17179588.644000] ALSA /home/albuntu/install/realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05b/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2168: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [17179588.644000] ALSA /home/albuntu/install/realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05b/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2172: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [17179588.644000] ALSA /home/albuntu/install/realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05b/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:2180: inputs: mic=0x0, fmic=0x18, line=0x1a, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0 [17179589.092000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [17179589.392000] ALSA /home/albuntu/install/realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05b/alsa-driver-1.0.13/pci/hda/../../alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c:245: si3054: cannot initialize. EXT MID = 0000 [17179589.392000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:1b.0 disabled [17179589.392000] HDA Intel: probe of 0000:00:1b.0 failed with error -13 $ aplay -l aplay: device_list:218: no soundcards found... $ alsamixer alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory I don't understand why I get this error :-( ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel