There is a new version of ALSA 0.5.12b which claims to fix some problems with loading on 2.4.16 kernels. Perhaps this is a related problem, just a thought.
Michal Bukovjan George Mitchell wrote: > I am still seeing opl3 synth/midi module failing to function on two > different mobo/sound chip combinations. Anybody else having this > problem? Anybody having success with opl3? >