Dave wrote: Not even a decent error message. system-config-soundcard says it found a VIA VT8233/A 8235/8237 AC87 Audio Controller and used module snd_via82xx. Hitting the 'play test sound' button produces the following output in the terminal window: <snip> Sounds like it could be this issue or something similar: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=123631 It actually is referring to an FC2 issue, but yours seems to be similar. Have you tried adding "options snd-via82xx ac97_quirk=0" to the end of your /etc/modprobe.conf to see if that helps? Jim Dishaw