Here is what I got for comparison. My sound works with the mod you tried. Are you sure you got the spelling and capitalization correct on your entry into the blacklist ie snd-intel8x0m ? It has worked for 3 others that I know of. What kernel/distro are you running ? Have you applied your updates ? $ system-config-soundcard Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo Warning: rate is not accurate (requested = 44100Hz, got = 48000Hz) please, try the plug plugin (-Dplug:hw:0,0) On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 21:29 +0100, Darek Borkowski wrote: > Hi > > I added snd-intel8x0m to /etc/hotplug/blacklist but it not works. > Still no sound. I got: > > [root@localhost bednar]# system-config-soundcard > Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 31 > Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on] > Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on] > Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : > Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo > aplay: pcm_write:1115: write error: Input/output error > > Darek Borkowski > -- Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc