Hi all. I am running debian unstable with kernel 2.6.38-2-686 on a thinkpad t23. Everything is actually working fine except for output I get at boot and when I run a command with espeak. (See below). I saw similar output in an email in the February archives but the discussion centered around Arch linux and speech-dispatcher. Can anybody tell me if there's a solution to this I should implement in debian. Speech actually works fine but the output is irritating. I haven't been tweaking or experimenting with my sound; it's running just as it's installed on debian. Again, this output actually only shows up at boot and when directly using espeak and doesn't seem to be causing actual sound problems. Here is the output I am getting: ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround71 ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.ICH.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4170:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:4649:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline:CARD=0,DEV=0 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.ICH.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4170:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:4649:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline:CARD=0,DEV=0 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.ICH.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4170:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:4649:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM phoneline ALSA lib confmisc.c:1286:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.ICH.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4170:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:4649:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2190:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM phoneline ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream -- Cheryl "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer." (Psalm 19:14: Bible KJV)