Nigel Henry, Thomas Preud'homme & others, Thanks for all the attention to this problem.
nh> I'd suggest adding a line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, as below. install snd-hda-intel /bin/true Very promising but, alas, it fails. alsaconf is still required. tp> I just blacklist via82 module. I added 3 lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist : Sorry to say that blacklisting snd_hda_intel also fails to make sound work. I can only speculate that snd_hda_intel is needed to initialize something. Then snd-intel8x0 is needed for ongoing processing. Unless another idea surfaces, all I can think of now is to downgrade back to etch and try the earlier kernels mentioned by Nigel. Thanks again, ... Peter E. -- http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ Desktops.OpenDoc http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

