William Case wrote: > I can't figure out if I am doing something so stupid that no one can > bother replying, or because no one else knows what I am talking about or > because I am asking in the wrong place? A reply to this last question > alone would be a big help I think you are asking in the right place. But I have great sympathy with you; ALSA is a complete mystery to me. Some days sound works on my laptop; some days - today for example - it does not. As will be obvious, I am no sound expert - but what sound settings do you have in /etc/modprobe.conf , and what sound modules are in use as shown in lsmod ? Have you googled to see what module people with your sound card use? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland