Hi. The outputs of the commands you asked for are as follows: > hey, > > try : (as root) > cat /dev/sndstat
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130 Load type: Driver compiled into kernel Kernel: Linux russo 2.2.1 #2 SMP Fri Apr 23 14:14:46 CEST 1999 i586 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: MS Sound System Type 27: Compaq Deskpro XL Type 5: Roland MPU-401 Type 26: MPU-401 (UART) Type 2: Sound Blaster Type 29: Sound Blaster PnP Type 7: SB MPU-401 Card config: Compaq Deskpro XL at 0x530 irq 11 drq 0,0 Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5 Roland MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 9 drq 0 (SB MPU-401 at 0x300 irq 5 drq 0) Audio devices: 0: MSS audio codec (AD1848) 1: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13) (DUPLEX) Synth devices: Midi devices: 0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1 Timers: 0: System clock Mixers: 0: MSS audio codec (AD1848) 1: Sound Blaster > and > ls -l /dev/mixer crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 Apr 18 13:24 /dev/mixer > ls -l /dev/cdrom (add ls -l to this link file) I didn't have this one so I created it as a symlink to /dev/hdb with the following permissions: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 24 19:13 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdb That's it. Thanks, Bruno.