> My USB MIDI devices refuse not to be loaded, when plugged-in at startup, You mean, "refuse to be loaded", right? > before all other ALSA devices which are then "stealthed". > > As mentionned on the Planet CCRMA pages, I've made sure that "audio" and > "usb-midi" aren't hotplugged on /etc/hotplug/blacklist. > I've installed too the alsasound mod script given by Fernando Pablo > Lopez-Lezcano on the thead "[PlanetCCRMA] usb audio and midi devices: loading > and unloading drivers". > All silently... You should erase the oss seq aliases for the 2nd and subsequent cards, they are not needed (change made in the following quotation): > Here's a snippet of my /etc/modules.conf: > alias usb-controller usb-uhci > alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd > > # ALSA portion > alias char-major-116 snd > alias char-major-14 soundcore > > alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712 > alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 > alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio > alias snd-card-3 snd-usb-audio > alias snd-card-4 snd-virmidi > > # Terratec EWX 24/96 > alias sound-slot-0 snd-ice1712 > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > options snd-card-ice1712 snd_enable > alias /dev/dsp1 snd-pcm-oss > > # Shuttle Intel Audio Chipset > alias sound-slot-1 snd-intel8x0 > alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss > options snd-intel8x0 snd_enable > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss > > # M-Audio Radium 61 > alias sound-slot-2 snd-usb-audio > alias sound-service-2-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-2-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-2-12 snd-pcm-oss > > # Edirol UM-1S > alias sound-slot-3 snd-usb-audio > alias sound-service-3-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-3-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-3-12 snd-pcm-oss > > # VirMIDI > alias sound-slot-4 snd-card-4 > > What's wrong? Hmm, maybe adding this: options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=4 Otherwise snd_card_limit has a default of "1"? (I'm not sure). -- Fernando