HI Chris Here is the output. [root@puma ~]# cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235 VIA 8235 with VIA1612A at 0xe000, irq 22 1 [R15 ]: RME9636 - RME Digi9636 (Rev 1.5) RME Digi9636 (Rev 1.5) at 0xde000000, irq 19 cheers Bob PS I saw a post about volume levels Er I'm sure I checked them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christoph Eckert wrote: >> Am I caught between OSS and Alsa alsa conf says its >>configured my cards. >> >> > >What does /etc/init.d/alsasound status tell? > >On 2.6 kernels, what does cat /proc/asound/cards tell? > > > Best regards > > > ce > > > >