Stephen: The permissions for /dev/dsp are set wrong. You need to change them (as root) to "crw-rw-rw-" with the command chmod 666 /dev/dsp This fixed it for my, ymmv. Best regards, Erwin Stephen Liu wrote: >Hi all folks, > >I just upgrade my RH7.3 box to RH8.0 At start it prompts following >warning > >Error while initializing the sound drive >device /dev/dsp can't be open ........ >......... > >The sound card is built on board on 2thMax 8KHA motherboard. I think it >uses Yamaha 724 sound card. > >Kindly advise how to correct this problem > >Thanks in advance. > >Stephen Liu > > > > > > >