to response to alex walker, for me the important is to see what happen in /var/log/messages. I always have one terminal with this command: tail -f /var/log/messages.
so, with alsa-drive090.beta11, that is now better (for me )to install one AC97 in a via super south (see below for details). and RedHat 7.2 with updated kernel-2.4.9-17, with the old one, I have kernel memory dumps that crash my computer,often of times! after swap the location of System.map to /boot in make install, and configure /etc/modules.conf ( that i like to have a little more information, I just try without know what I am doing and what options are valid etc.), I just copy what is write in the end of INSTALL file. and I see in my new laptop this: Feb 22 00:33:02 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.5 Feb 22 00:33:02 localhost kernel: IRQ routing conflict for 00:07.5, have irq 5, want irq 11 Feb 22 00:33:02 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:0a.0 Feb 22 00:33:02 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:0b.0 so what I think this problem is one problem or of the kernel or of the bios because, even without install alsa-drive the same error is given to me in boot of the laptop. other thing that I thing is important is the configuration of the hardware that you can see with lspci -v and the result is: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 80) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec- latency=0 Memory behind bridge: e8100000-e81fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 42) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at 1840 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 1a) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 1800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] Flags: medium devsel Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0097 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 I/O ports at 1000 [size=256] I/O ports at 1854 [size=4] I/O ports at 1850 [size=4] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:09.0 Communication controller: CONEXANT: Unknown device 2f00 (rev 01) Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 8d89 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 4 Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] I/O ports at 1858 [size=8] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b103 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at ffbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec- latency=0 Memory window 1: fbbfd000-ffbfc000 (prefetchable) I/O window 0: 00000000-00000003 I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 1400 [size=256] Memory at e8010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc.: Unknown device 8d02 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0086 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0 -------------------------------------------- Webmail da rede SAPO - http://webmail.sapo.pt/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user