Hey, I'm using an "ice1712" soundcard (with whom I satisfied) on a Shuttle box, whose "intel8x0" audio chipset powers I'm trying to "revive", in order to attempt again to make the game Enemy Territory work at last, as it returned the following error, when using the better soundcard of the two: ------- sound initialization ------- /dev/dsp: Input/output error Could not mmap /dev/dsp ------------------------------------ One reported on the ET forum (on the thread "ET / Linux: no sound!") that it is supposed to be due to this "ice1712" driver, quoting the "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Driver Configuration Guide" MMAP on ICE1712 driver ---------------------- ICE1712 supports only the unconventional format, interleaved 10-channels 24bit (packed in 32bit) format. Therefore you cannot mmap the buffer as the conventional (mono or 2-channels, 8 or 16bit) format on OSS. When it comes to set multiple cards, the first audio card only on /etc/modules.conf, whichever of the two it is, is installed after the boot-up. Loading the other card afterwards by hand with modprobe does work: it is detected on /proc/asound/cards. Why? Here's a snippet of my /etc/modules.conf: # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712 alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 # Terratec EWX 24/96 alias sound-slot-0 snd-ice1712 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss options snd-card-ice1712 snd_enable alias /dev/dsp1 snd-pcm-oss # Shuttle Intel Audio Chipset alias sound-slot-1 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss options snd-intel8x0 snd_enable alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss # ET can only route /dev/dsp But... even if XMMS, for example, does play sounds when routed to the OSS emulated "intel8x0" at /dev/dsp, no sound gets out of it and alsamixer labels all volume controls by appending "[Off]". Why? Two problems to be solved then... Cheers, Mr°Freeze