jonny dennis wrote: > i have managed to setup alsa about 3 times with no > problem, using alsaconf but every time i reboot i have > to set it up again can anyone tell me wot ive missed > please. You must load the kernel modules that alasconf loaded for you. If you do an lsmod before and after alsaconf, you'll see the modules that you have to put in your /etc/modules file.