I've loaded ALSA rpms and the alsa modules are loaded. Sound works through oss emulation but when I run alsamixer. alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory Has anyone had a similar problem. ARE THESE CORRECT "rpm -qa | grep alsa" alsa-lib-1.0.2-2.fr alsa-oss-1.0.1-0.fdr.2.1 alsa-utils-1.0.2-1.fr alsa-driver-1.0.2c-1.fr kernel-module-alsa-1.0.2c-1.fr_2.4.22_1.2174.nptl ----moudles.conf---- alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore 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 alias snd-card-0 snd-cmipci alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0