On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, John Stoffel wrote: js>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:16:32 -0500 js>From: John Stoffel <stoffel@lucent.com> js>Reply-To: wlug@mail.wlug.org js>To: wlug@mail.wlug.org js>Subject: Re: [Wlug] add memory, loose sound? js> js> js>Bill> I just added 128 MB of memory to my Dell Optiplex GX1, and now js>Bill> my sound card (on motherboard CS 4236) is no longer recognized. js>Bill> It's possible that I did something bad to the motherboard when js>Bill> inserting the memory cards. Or, is there any way that adding js>Bill> memory (now 128 + 128 + 64) could disable the sound? js> js>What do the boot logs say when you look at them after adding the js>memory? Any errors? It's possible that you did something bad, but as js>a first check, I'd just pull the extra memory and see if it comes js>back. Yeah, that's what I figured I'd try next. I was just too lazy last night. Here's what's in dmesg output: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: Card 'CS4236B' isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total speakup: initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) The indication that the card is not recognized is from kudzu -- it wants to remove the configuration for the file. I also can't get a music CD to play using xmms. js> js>If not, then you have other problems. js> js>Is the sound driver compliled as a module, or is it in the kernel? It's an alsa module, but I'm a little confused... When running "chkconfig --list", I see that I forgot to have the service start at any runlevel (the machine has been up for a while, and I guess I never quite finished the configuration), but, if I try "service alsasound start", it says it's already running. Weird. js> js>John Thanks, Bill