On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:55:54 +0200 Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Nigel, that's right now. It was a /etc/modprobe.conf problem. With some mofidications in this file all the modules are loaded. Like you can see : lsmod |grep snd snd_ens1371 26465 0 gameport 16201 1 snd_ens1371 snd_rawmidi 25665 1 snd_ens1371 snd_ac97_codec 92257 1 snd_ens1371 snd_ac97_bus 2625 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_dummy 4165 0 snd_seq_oss 32705 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7745 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 53553 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 9037 4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 40017 0 snd_mixer_oss 17729 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 83781 3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24517 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 55237 10 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 10017 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10569 1 snd_pcm > What does the output of /sbin/lsmod |grep snd show for one of the earlier > kernels? Thank you for your answer. -- M.B