Michael Lankton wrote: [MIDI broken in 5.3, sound only through insmod sound (when module)] Michael, I seem to be lucky enough that MIDI works for me (AWE32 synth would if I installed sfxload which seems to not be part of SuSE (yet) and thus initialized the soundbank. I do however also have to insmod it (annoying). I haven't even looked for a solution, though. However, have you considdered giving ALSA a go before you totally disperse of your 5.3 copy? Not all cards are supported for MIDI yet (at least not well) but in general, it's a better driver and a better driver-model. Worth a shot?!? Their homepage is at <A HREF="http://alsa.jcu.cz/"><A HREF="http://alsa.jcu.cz/</A">http://alsa.jcu.cz/</A</A>> Ciao, -- Martin Moeller. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e