My original question: >I just upgraded from RH9 to FC2, and my Creative Sound Blaster >AWE64 is not being detected. (When I run system-config-soundcard, >I get 'No soundcards were detected'.) Nor does the hardware >browser find a soundcard. Following suggestions from Antonio and Kam, I cut and paste the following into /etc/modprobe.conf (which worked flawlessly for Antonio): alias snd-card-0 snd-sbawe install snd-sbawe /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-sbawe && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || : remove snd-sbawe { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-sbawe This apparently caused syntax problems. From dmesg: Mar 14 09:06:29 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 8: ignoring bad line starting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl' Mar 14 09:06:29 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 10: ignoring bad line starting with '/sbin/modprobe' So I tried this revised version: alias snd-card-0 snd-sbawe options snd-card-0 index=0 install snd-sbawe /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-sbawe && { /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; } remove snd-sbawe { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-sbawe which led to: Mar 13 17:09:36 localhost bonobo-activation-server (paul-2130): iid OAFIID:BrokenNoType:20000808 has a NULL type Mar 13 17:09:36 localhost bonobo-activation-server (paul-2130): invalid character '#' in iid 'OAFIID:This#!!%$iid%^$%_|~!OAFIID_ContainsBadChars' Mar 13 17:09:43 localhost kernel: pnp: Device 00:01.00 activated. Mar 13 17:09:43 localhost kernel: pnp: Device 00:01.02 activated. Mar 13 17:09:44 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1 Mar 13 17:10:10 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1 Any suggestions? -Paul "About to Run Downtown to Get a New Sound Card" Murtaugh