Giuseppe Zompatori wrote: > cmd: 0xff failed at 0x300 (status = 0xff, data = 0xff) > > when trying to access the port. > > # cat /proc/ioports | grep MPU > 0330-0331 : MPU401 UART <- that's corret I set this to 330 int the BIOS setup > cat /proc/interrupts | grep MPU > 11: 1 IO-APIC-edge MPU401 UART <- that's also correct IRQ set to 11 in the BIOS Then it's probably not a problem with the port address. In what previous kernel version did this work? Do you know which ALSA version this was? > > > as I also have issues with the HW mixer... things are swapped around, > > > and there is no "ac97_quirk" module parameter for remapping things > > > that works. > > > > Which mixer controls are routed to which hardware outputs? > > Hard to describe the mess that's going on with this (not saying it's > your fault of course), master volume control seems to not be working > but for lowering line-in monitoring levels, changing line-in > monitoring does nothing. A newer driver version might fix things. Which codec are you using? (see /proc/asound/cards) Regards, Clemens