On 19 July 2011 22:37, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * The driver for my card (RME HDSP MADI, snd_hdpsm) is loaded. This is good. > * aplay -L tells me there is only the 'null' device. This is NOT good. > * (re)starting /etc/rc.d/alsa doesn't change things. This is irrelevant; (re)stores volume levels only. > * There is *no* /dev/pcm at all. Do you mean /dev/snd/pcm? Either way, NOT good. > * /sys/class/sound only has a link to a timer device. This is NOT good. > * /etc/udev/rules.d is empty This is expected; have you ever placed anything there yourself before? > * /etc/udev/udev.conf contains only the line > udev_log="err" This is expected. > This is a professional studio and I'm expecting clients tomorrow at 09:00. > > Any ideas ? Pastebin the following once you can: * /var/log/pacman.log * /etc/makepkg.conf (and *.pacnew if any) Do you know about the the rc.conf changes WRT (1) blacklisting modules and (2) time? Or, was the last time you updated before this, quite a while back? I understand getting the RME to work initially was no trouble, and just the standard alsa installation (and the driver gets loaded automatically)? -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10