[pls CC; not on list] Hi! Since I have also sometimes troubles with my Alsa i810 Audio, I issued the command 'cat /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0' as suggested in another Alsa i810 thread. But after that nothing happens anymore. I can't Crtl-C the cat and the System hangs then complety after some seconds. It is still pingable, and numlock responds, but nothing gets printed on the console. Maybe I can be of assistance. SW: pkolmann@josefine:~$ sh ver_linux If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux josefine 2.6.3-rc2 #1 SMP Thu Feb 12 09:20:21 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Gnu C 3.3.2 Gnu make 3.80 util-linux 2.12 mount 2.12 module-init-tools 3.0-pre9 e2fsprogs 1.35-WIP pcmcia-cs 3.1.33 quota-tools 3.10. Linux C Library 2.3.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.2 Procps 3.1.14 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 5.0.91 Modules Loaded md5 ipv6 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore ehci_hcd usbcore quota_v2 nvidia sr_mod cdrom sg scsi_mod psmouse pcspkr pcips2 evdev sk98lin unix HW: ASUS P4C800 Deluxe lspci -v attached. Thanks for the great work done so far Philipp Kolmann Austria -- Life is not fair, but the root password helps!