>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I think this might be the problem -- I have emu10k1 instead of snd-emu10k1, >> although previously when that's been the problem I haven't had >> anything work at all. Mark> Don't know exactly about the emu10k1 thing. That may be OSS getting Mark> loaded somehow? All of the Alsa modules start with snd-XXYY. Here's Mark> what mine looks like: Mark> snd 45796 11 Mark> snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer Mark> soundcore 7520 1 snd Mark> snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_atiixp,snd_pcm Mark> Since you don't have that sort of stuff it says Alsa isn't loaded. Mark> Look at dmesg carefully and see what info it gives you. Here's the only thing I see in dmesg. Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.20, 19:48:16 Apr 17 20 04 PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:0f.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.5 PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:11.2 emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 5 model 0x8040 found, IO at 0xc000-0xc01f, IRQ 9 ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: TRA35 (TriTech TR A5) Mark> Possibly you are not loading the right driver, or possibly Mark> the right driver cannot load because OSS is loaded and has Mark> taken over the hardware. I don't see how this can really be oss, because aplay works. Is it possible that knoppix renamed the alsa driver? Because there isn't a snd-emu10k1 module for the only kernel I can actually run. Mark> Getting rid of OSS is beyond my skillset, although there is some info Mark> on the PlanetCCRMA site. It may apply since you seem to be running a Mark> 2.4 kernel, although it's for Redhat and you're running Debian... I did it for my previous install by removing the modules, but I had the alsa modules for my kernel in that case. I don't want to do it here, since I don't have the ones you load. I don't know why they make this so complicated. I think the next thing I'm going to try is booting 2.6. I tried that when I was struggling with recording, but I know the answer to that one now. -- Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (501) 641-5011 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139