Another thing you might check is this. /dev/dsp is the device-node used by the OSS system. `play' uses this device (as does wavp and realplayer and many other sound applications). To access hardware via /dev/dsp under Alsa, then, you need to make sure that you have oss-emulation set up. The normal way to do this, if I understand correctly, is via the module snd-pcm-oss. I notice that this module is not in the output of lsmod in your original post.
Maybe you should try `modprobe snd-pcm-oss' and see if that makes a difference. The loading of this module is normally handled automatically by way of: alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss which will force loading of snd-pcm-oss whenever /dev/dsp is accessed. HTH Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]