This is what dmesg produced: snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_open snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_start snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_start snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_resolution snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_resolution snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_pause snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_timer_pause snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_unregister_device snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_device snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_unregister snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_info_unregister snd_seq: disagrees about version of symbol snd_register_device snd_seq: Unknown symbol snd_register_device snd_seq_midi_event: Unknown symbol snd_seq_expand_var_event snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_register snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_register snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_set_queue_tempo snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_create_module_entry snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_delete_kernel_client snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_dispatch snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_info_free_entry snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_root snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_root snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_kernel_client_enqueue_blocking snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_unregister_oss_device snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_oss_device snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_verbose_printk snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_register_oss_device snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_register_oss_device snd_seq_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_seq_device_register_driver snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_device_register_driver snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_free snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_midi_event_no_status snd_seq_oss: Unknown symbol snd_seq_event_port_detach ... snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_new1 snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_remove_id snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_remove_id snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_new snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_card_new snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_hwdep_new snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_hwdep_new snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_notify snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_notify snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_set_ops snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_set_ops snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_timer_new snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_timer_new snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_device_new snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_device_new snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_new snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_new snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_rawmidi_set_ops snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_set_ops snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_free_for_all snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_free_for_all snd_emu10k1: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed snd_emu10k1: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_write I have no idea how to respond to this information. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Angela On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 22:16 +0100, Arnold Krille wrote: > On Sunday 06 February 2005 22:06, Angela Day wrote: > > OK, I found the dmesg file, but I did not see any error messages in it > > or anything that referenced snd. What should I be looking for? > > dmesg isn't a file, at least not in the traditional way. It's a program > showing you a history of kernel-messages. > Just enter "dmesg" in a console and send the output... > > Arnold