An update: I tried changing to what Paul recommended and here's what I got:
My .asoundrc: pcm.rme9652 { type hw card 1 } ctl.rme9652 { type hw card 1 } pcm.dsp1 { type plughw card 1 } The error is now gone (the " _toplevel_:15:0:Unexpected char ALSA lib conf.c:2452:" one), but here's the output of the aplay now: aplay -Ddsp1 /sndp/ico/icoliveguitar.wav ALSA lib dlmisc.c:97:(snd_dlsym_verify) unable to verify version for symbol _snd_pcm_plughw_open ALSA lib pcm.c:1582:(snd_pcm_open_conf) symbol _snd_pcm_plughw_open is not defined inside (null) aplay: main:446: audio open error: No such device or address I am having RME sharing the same IRQ as my 3com network card (IRQ 3). Could this be causing problems despite the fact that linux system has detected the card just fine and loaded the drivers fine (some people have pointed out this as being potential problem, yet I have not pursued it since the driver loading was fine)? Ico _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel