not to regurgitate all the previous correspondence on this subject, i've been trying to get installed the kernel module for my soundfusion cs4610 audio card (?) in thinkpad 600e, running rh7.3. alsa-0.9.0rc3 has been duely downloaded and installed. depmod -a did not seem to find all the right dependencies, but i fumbled through all the reported errors and have wound up with the following: executing: # Mod1 insmod soundcore insmod snd insmod snd-ac97-codec insmod snd-seq-device insmod snd-rawmidi insmod snd-pcm insmod snd-timer insmod gameport insmod snd-cs46xx gives the following: Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-device.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/acore/snd-rawmidi.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/acore/snd-timer.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/char/joystick/gameport.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters no unresolved dependencies. i tried some irq and io parameters, but messages came back saying these were inappropriate parameters. what could the device init_module be? ring any bells for anyone? tia, dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave #2 brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) 810-454-1823 (fax) jdm@moylan.info moylan.info