Chris: Did you run alsaconf that is under the alsa-driver-0.9.0rc6/utils directory ?. It should recognize what chip you have and modify /etc/modules.conf accordingly... GZS Dave Phillips wrote: >Hi Chris: > > If you can access the machine's BIOS when you boot it up perhaps you >can retrieve some more detailed information regarding the audio chipset >and its configuration. > > For completeness sake I have to ask: how did you configure ALSA ? Did >you build and install the entire package ? Were there any problems with >it ? > >Best regards, > >== Dave Phillips > > The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm > The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org > >Currently listening to: Brian Eno, "Unfamiliar Wind" > > >Chris Bray wrote: > > >>Hi All; >> >>I've been trying for a couple of days now to get >>any sound from my laptop (rebadged Asus L7000, >>Slackware 8.1, vanilla 2.4.20) and seem to be >>getting nowhere fast. >> >>I've tried OSS/Free and Alsa (0.9.0rc2 and 0.5.12a) >>and can't seem to get anything working. >> >>OSS just hangs as I modprobe the module, no log entries >>or anything I can find. >> >>isapnp.conf contains all the settings that Windows >>is using and everytime I try to get it running with >> >>modprobe snd-opl3sa2 (or snd-card-opl3sa2) >> >>I get >> "Yamaha OPL3-SA Soundcard not found or device busy" >> >>Can anyone please help me as I'm getting to the end >>of my patience! >> >>I am a bit of a newbie so if anyone has any ideas what >>I could have missed then please let me know. >> >>Chris Bray >> >>(Frustrated) >> >> > >-- > > > -- This Message is sent from My R. Hat 8.0 Linux server .-. .-. | Gustavo Zamorano S.