Jan Weil wrote: > are the snd-*-oss modules configured and loaded correctly? yes > Do you load oss and alsa modules in parallel? (Is that possible??) yes > What does /sbin/lsmod say? # /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: P snd-pcm-oss 43876 0 (unused) snd-mixer-oss 15952 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-ice1712 50124 1 snd-pcm 85056 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ice1712] snd-page-alloc 9748 0 [snd-pcm] snd-timer 19812 0 [snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 58412 0 [snd-ice1712] snd-mpu401-uart 5136 0 [snd-ice1712] snd-rawmidi 18656 0 [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 6236 0 [snd-rawmidi] snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx 2588 0 [snd-ice1712] snd-ak4xxx-adda 5460 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx] snd-cs8427 9032 0 [snd-ice1712] snd-i2c 4644 0 [snd-ice1712 snd-cs8427] snd 46564 1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ice1712 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ak4xxx-adda snd-cs8427 snd-i2c] tuner 12384 1 (autoclean) tvaudio 15580 1 (autoclean) bttv 81856 0 (autoclean) i2c-algo-bit 8776 1 (autoclean) [bttv] i2c-core 19108 0 (autoclean) [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit] videodev 8288 3 (autoclean) [bttv] agpgart 47968 3 (autoclean) nvidia 1676800 10 (autoclean) via82cxxx_audio 24248 2 (autoclean) uart401 8356 0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio] ac97_codec 14536 0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio] sound 73492 0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio uart401] soundcore 6468 6 (autoclean) [snd bttv via82cxxx_audio sound] parport_pc 18788 1 (autoclean) lp 8804 0 (autoclean) parport 36800 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] autofs 13108 0 (autoclean) (unused) ppp_synctty 7776 0 (unused) ppp_async 9312 1 ppp_generic 24188 3 [ppp_synctty ppp_async] slhc 6660 0 [ppp_generic] 8139too 18120 1 mii 3976 0 [8139too] ipt_REJECT 3992 6 (autoclean) iptable_filter 2412 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 14648 2 [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter] sg 35852 0 (autoclean) sr_mod 17720 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi 11984 0 scsi_mod 106520 3 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi] ide-cd 35424 0 cdrom 33216 0 [sr_mod ide-cd] ohci1394 19880 0 (unused) ieee1394 48780 0 [ohci1394] nls_iso8859-1 3548 2 (autoclean) nls_cp437 5180 2 (autoclean) vfat 12780 2 (autoclean) fat 38488 0 (autoclean) [vfat] keybdev 2912 0 (unused) mousedev 5428 1 hid 21892 0 (unused) input 5792 0 [keybdev mousedev hid] usb-uhci 25996 0 (unused) usbcore 78272 1 [hid usb-uhci] ext3 69984 2 jbd 51508 2 [ext3] > Please post your /etc/modules.conf. # cat /etc/modules.conf alias eth0 8139too alias char-major-81 bttv alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 alias char-major-195 nvidia alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712 # module options should go here # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-0 # card #1 alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss > You shouldn't have to edit asound.conf to achieve what you want. well, this is what I read earlier, that I'd have to define an ALSA device named dsp0 or dsp1 > You can pass the snd-pcm-oss module parameters which determine how to > map alsa pcm to oss devices. and what are those parameters?