hi shalabh, isn't it a littly eery that you and i seem to have the same set of "geeky" (i wouldn't like to say problematic coz its linux at stake!) hardware? first the SiS 6215 and now the ALS100... Well, the ALS100 configuration problem is probably there coz there's a bug in the sndconfig itself. the problem is solved by configuring it as a SB16 clone instead... try to configure it like that... and i am anyway giving you my working /etc/conf.modules file as below. remember to change the base address, irq etc to suit your system. ------------------------------------------------- alias sound sb pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1 alias midi opl3 options opl3 io=0x388 options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 ------------------------------------------------- if using a similar conf.modules doesn't work, tell me and i'll post you my /etc/isapnp.conf itself (quite a long one-7 kb). i probably did some manual tweaking to that... all the best. let me tell you that if you are trying mp3 files, the xmms works far better than the mp3 players in win95 when its run with the suid bit set. the bottomline is, rest assured: the ALS100 works marvellously with RH6.1 ! now about the modem. well, looks like your modem like mine (lanbit 33.6) has three levels of volume settings while kppp tries to use four settings... so go to the kppp modem settings dialog box and set last entry (for "Volume off/low/high")as M1L3 instead of M1L4 as already existing. best, joy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Joy Sarkar Home : Calcutta. Acads: IIT Kharagpur. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.