>>You haven't supplied enough information. >>1) Is sound compiled as a module? >> If so, are the modules loading (in the right order)? Check with >>'lsmod' Here's what happens when I run lsmod: Module Size Used by ppp_deflate 40548 0 (autoclean) bsd_comp 3632 0 (autoclean) ppp 20012 2 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp] slhc 4328 1 (autoclean) [ppp] opl3 11208 0 (unused) sound 57240 0 [opl3] soundcore 2372 3 [sound] soundlow 300 0 [sound] >>2) Are there resource conflicts? (IRQ/DMA/Ports) >> Check with 'cat /proc/interrupts' etc. Here's what happens wit 'cat /proc/interrupts:' CPU0 0: 337714 XT-PIC timer 1: 1052 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 96470 XT-PIC serial 4: 6798 XT-PIC serial 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu 14: 219501 XT-PIC ide0 15: 2792 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 >>3) Verify that you really have a Crystal PNP chipset. >>4) Check /var/log/messages for clues. Here are the relevant /var/log/messages: This is a message I get when I reboot: Dec 17 14:35:44 localhost kernel: scsi : 0 hosts. Dec 17 14:35:44 localhost kernel: scsi : detected total. In /var/log/messages I found this that seems to relate to sound: Dec 17 14:35:44 localhost kernel: ad1848/cs4248 codec driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 Dec 17 14:35:44 localhost kernel: cs4232: set synthio and synthirq to use the wavefront facilities. Dec 17 14:35:44 localhost kernel: YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996 later, upon connecting to internet: Dec 17 15:18:53 localhost modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108 later still... Dec 17 15:24:20 localhost modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 Dec 17 15:24:21 localhost modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 Any help gratefully appreciated. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.