> Did you load the OSS compatibility modules? > > I really think you should take a quick glance at my ALSA page, since > apparently you haven't already : > > http://freshrpms.net/docs/alsa/ thanks for the help, I have tried with both the i386 and i586 rpms with the same results. I followed the information from your page and here's what I get: The modules will evenually load after about 3 tries, but then just complains about /dev/dsp again. [root@xxxxxxxxx root]# cat /etc/modules.conf #alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4231 alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4231 alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss #post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : #pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : [root@xxxxxxxxx root]# play 1.wav invalid operand: 0000 snd-timer snd-page-alloc snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd soundcore 3c589_cs serial_cs ds i82365 pcmcia_core ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom ext3 CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c207ffed>] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010287 EIP is at snd_compat_strlcpy_Rb4409a1e [snd] 0x2d (2.4.20-18.9) eax: 0000003f ebx: c12aac00 ecx: 00000006 edx: 00000006 esi: 00000040 edi: c12aac10 ebp: c209a30a esp: c13d1e90 ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068 Process modprobe (pid: 1212, stackpage=c13d1000) Stack: c13d1ed0 00000000 c2097fee c12aac10 c209a30a 00000040 c165a880 c07115c0 00000001 00000001 c2097000 c20983df 00000000 c209a30a c13d1ed0 c13d1f00 00000001 00000000 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 c207d1d0 c17b9aa0 00008124 Call Trace: [<c2097fee>] snd_timer_new_Rbeba3565 [snd-timer] 0x6e (0xc13d1e98)) [<c209a30a>] .rodata.str1.1 [snd-timer] 0x3a (0xc13d1ea0)) [<c20983df>] snd_timer_global_new_Ra19ee461 [snd-timer] 0x4f (0xc13d1ebc)) [<c209a30a>] .rodata.str1.1 [snd-timer] 0x3a (0xc13d1ec4)) [<c207d1d0>] snd_create_proc_entry_R77b8e593 [snd] 0x20 (0xc13d1ee4)) [<c2098531>] snd_timer_register_system [snd-timer] 0x21 (0xc13d1ef0)) [<c209a30a>] .rodata.str1.1 [snd-timer] 0x3a (0xc13d1ef4)) [<c2099cc4>] init_module [snd-timer] 0x74 (0xc13d1f0c)) [<c209a39c>] .rodata.str1.1 [snd-timer] 0xcc (0xc13d1f14)) [<c0119dd8>] sys_init_module [kernel] 0x47c (0xc13d1f28)) [<c209a864>] .kmodtab [snd-timer] 0x0 (0xc13d1f2c)) [<c2097060>] __insmod_snd-timer_O/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/kernel/sound/snd-timer.o_M3EF0B9A9_V132116 [snd-timer] 0x60 (0xc13d1f58)) [<c0108d7b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xc13d1fc0)) Code: 0f 42 c1 8b 74 24 10 89 c1 c1 e9 02 f3 a5 a8 02 74 02 66 a5 invalid operand: 0000 snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-mixer-oss snd-timer snd-page-alloc snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd soundcore 3c589_cs serial_cs ds i82365 pcmcia_core i CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c20bc2de>] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010246 EIP is at init_module [snd-pcm-oss] 0x3e (2.4.20-18.9) eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000008 ecx: c20b6668 edx: 00000000 esi: 00000003 edi: 00000003 ebp: c20b8000 esp: c13d1f10 ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068 Process modprobe (pid: 1213, stackpage=c13d1000) Stack: c20c25e0 00000000 ffffffea 00000003 00000003 ffffffea c0119dd8 c20c0f1c 08146ca1 00008e29 00000060 00000060 0000000b c17b9b60 c16a1000 c1657000 00000060 c20a2000 c20b8060 0000b224 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Call Trace: [<c20c25e0>] snd_pcm_oss_notify [snd-pcm-oss] 0x0 (0xc13d1f10)) [<c0119dd8>] sys_init_module [kernel] 0x47c (0xc13d1f28)) [<c20c0f1c>] .kmodtab [snd-pcm-oss] 0x0 (0xc13d1f2c)) [<c20b8060>] __insmod_snd-pcm-oss_O/lib/modules/2.4.20-18.9/kernel/sound/snd-pcm-oss.o_M3EF0B9A9_V132116 [snd-pcm-oss] 0x60 (0xc13d1f58)) [<c0108d7b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xc13d1fc0)) Code: 0f 48 c2 83 c4 14 5b c3 89 44 24 10 89 5c 24 0c c7 44 24 08 sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device [root@xxxxxxxxx root]# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-pcm-oss 45604 1 (initializing) snd-pcm 84864 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-mixer-oss 16152 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-timer 19588 1 (initializing) [snd-pcm] snd-page-alloc 8468 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 5120 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-rawmidi 18560 0 (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 6172 0 (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi] snd 42628 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-mixer-oss snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 5892 0 (autoclean) [snd] 3c589_cs 9700 1 serial_cs 5584 0 (unused) ds 7944 2 [3c589_cs serial_cs] i82365 15204 2 pcmcia_core 50560 0 [3c589_cs serial_cs ds i82365] ide-scsi 10704 0 scsi_mod 100664 1 [ide-scsi] ide-cd 32512 0 cdrom 30272 0 [ide-cd] ext3 61792 1 jbd 46644 1 [ext3]