Basically i've got a problem with installing the alsa drivers 0.5.9d ; 0.5.10 and 0.5.10a for my yamaha pci sound card on Linux-Mandrake 7.2 . In 7.1 where my sound didn't work at all, i installed 0.5.9d without a problem. However, in 7.2 i have got sound but the quality is absolutely terrible. Incidentally 7.2 installed 0.5.9c for my soundcard. I followed the instructions as provided by the 'Installing ALSA for the Yamaha DS-XG Sound Card' from linuxnewbie.org. './configure' seems to work fine, but when i subsequently enter 'make' i get the following error message with all 3 packages: ------------------------------------------------------------ {standard input}: Assembler messages: {standard input}:9: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo make[1]: *** [sound.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/creaktop/alsa-driver-0.5.10a/kernel' make: *** [compile] Error 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ this message is preceeded by a whole load of other stuff that i dont comprehend (not that i understand this!), but that does not seem to be error messages. I cant find any Mandrake specific rpms of alsa drivers beyond 0.5.9c, which is currently installed. I've looked all over, but cant find any documentation on this error message, and i'd greatly appreciate some help. BTW: can anyone recommend a file-utility with which i can access my Linux harddrive from windows? TIA creaktop >>Please contact me for my PGP key<< War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.