(Apologies for the cross-post) More details on the sound problem:
debian:/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver# insmod snd-ali5451 Using /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pci_pages_for_all_R3ec6e763 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages_Rbbf398e5 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_minmax_Rc630e13a /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_width_R55eb2175 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed_Rc3e13404 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_set_sync_R94841f9d /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages_R867a19c4 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl_Ra6e6fbf7 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_ac97_mixer_Rbae8ba7b /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned_R95a60aa5 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_set_ops_Rfb00874e /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_ac97_resume_R6b26ade2 /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_new_Rd8783448 debian:/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver# lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: P snd-mixer-oss 11032 0 (unused) snd 26244 0 [snd-mixer-oss] orinoco_cs 4872 2 orinoco 28600 0 [orinoco_cs] hermes 5252 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco] ds 6472 3 [orinoco_cs] i82365 21240 3 pcmcia_core 41248 0 [orinoco_cs ds i82365] sg 23292 0 sr_mod 12688 0 loop 7832 0 (unused) NVdriver 1065088 11 debian:/usr/src/modules/alsa-driver# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1671 Super P4 Northbridge [AGP4X,PCI and SDR/DDR] (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] 00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation Intel 537 [M5457 AC-Link Modem] 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) 00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) 00:0f.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) 00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU 00:13.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:13.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:14.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2) dmesg (of course there's other stuff in there, but this is the only bit I can see that directly relates to the sound card) ALSA ../../../alsa-kernel/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c:223: can't register device seq -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]]