> Try commenting them all out and see what happens. > > Are there any other entries in your modprobe.conf file? They > may be responsible for the sound-related messages you got. > Here's the full modprobe.conf: # Note: for use under 2.4, changes must also be made to modules.conf! alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias eth0 tulip alias usb-controller uhci-hcd options 3c509 irq=10 options ide-cd ignore=hdb # tell the ide-cd module to ignore hdb alias scd0 sr_mod install char-major-97 /bin/true install ide-scsi { modprobe ide-cd # load ide-cd before ide-scsi; } ; /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install ide-scsi install sg { modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg; } ; /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sg install sr_mod { modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod; } ; /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sr_mod The error in RH 9 was only seen when it shutting down. Something about modprobe sound mixer as far as I can remember. I haven't seen it in FC 2. Just thought the two, sg and sound, might be related.