I am currently trying to get the alsa utils working with my SB PCI 128 (Ensonic 1371), and I havde it woking through the emulation OSS drivers, but alsa utils like arecord, alsamixer and aplay can't find them. alsaplayer fails to load: /usr/lib/alsaplayer/output/libalsa.so arecord gives me: [root@home RPMS]# arecord Arecord: version 0.5.10 by Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Error: unable to obtain longname: No such file or directory and finally: [root@home RPMS]# amixer The ALSA sound driver was not detected in this system. Any idea what is wrong here ? They are loaded: [root@home RPMS]# lsmod Module Size Used by snd-pcm-oss 18064 0 (autoclean) snd-pcm-plugin 16432 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-mixer-oss 4992 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-seq-midi 3632 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3312 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq-midi] snd-seq 40736 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event] snd-card-ens1371 2528 0 snd-ens1371 9776 0 [snd-card-ens1371] snd-pcm 31520 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-ens1371] snd-timer 8320 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-rawmidi 9824 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-ens1371] snd-seq-device 4112 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-ac97-codec 24640 0 [snd-ens1371] snd-mixer 24048 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1371 snd-ac97-codec] snd 36368 2 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-card-ens1371 snd-ens1371 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer] .... The drivers are installed, and i have /proc/asound with all the right infomation: [root@home RPMS]# ls /proc/asound/ 0@ card1/ cards devices oss-devices pcm seq/ sndstat timers version [root@home RPMS]# cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [card1 ]: AudioPCI - Ensoniq AudioPCI Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1371 at 0x7000, irq 11 [root@home RPMS]# cat /proc/asound/devices 0: [0] : control 1: : sequencer 6: [0- 0]: mixer 8: [0- 0]: raw midi 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback 17: [0- 1]: digital audio playback 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture 33: : timer [root@home RPMS]# cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.5.10a. Compiled on Jan 9 2001 for kernel 2.4.0-2mdk with versioned symbols. [root@home RPMS]# cat /proc/asound/0/ac97 Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev A Capabilities : -headphone out- DAC resolution : 20-bit ADC resolution : 18-bit 3D enhancement : Crystal Semi 3D Stereo Enhancement Current setup MIC gain : +0dB [+0dB] POP path : pre 3D Sim. stereo : off 3D enhancement : off Loudness : off Mono output : MIX MIC select : MIC1 ADC/DAC loopback : off Extended ID : codec=0 AMAP Extended status : [root@home RPMS]# rpm -qa|fgrep -i alsa alsa-lib-devel-0.5.10-2mdk alsa-utils-0.5.10-2mdk alsa-lib-0.5.10-2mdk alsaplayer-0.99.32-12mdk