> Well, sounds like the drivers are indeed loading. Do you have the > following device nodes? > > - /dev/mixer > - /dev/dsp root@homer:/lib/modules/2.4.19# ls /dev/mixer -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 18 sep 20:34 /dev/mixer -> /dev/mixer0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 18 sep 20:34 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 > If so, what are the permissions on them? And, can you run "alsamixer" as > root? > and alsamixer do work as root martin