OK, Let's see, What does the command: rpm -q alsa give us? and you might want to perform a: cat /etc/modules.conf Which will list all the modules on your system. We're only interested in the alsa modules but it will be handy to know. for instance on my machine.... cat /etc/modules.conf --snip-- options snd-emu10k1 snd_enable=1 snd_index=0 options snd-rme9652 snd_enable=1 snd_index=1 snd_precise_ptr=0 options snd snd_cards_limit=2 snd_major=116 # WL76.fvGZQvH6qG7:CT4760 SBLive! alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 # gZD2.ZEKAtBTA_DA:Xilinx, Inc. alias snd-card-1 snd-rme9652 # YaST2: sound system dependent part # 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-0-11 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-11 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss --snip-- -- Gary Counsellor http://www.musician2000.com sineigs.all.attitudes@eskimo.com Please remove .all.attitudes before replying