Hi there-
I have been fighting this sound problem to frustration and need some 
help. I have sound when playing CD's, but no sound when playing mp3s or 
wavs. How do I set up sound do its fully functional?
Thanks much - pt

Hoping the following might give needed information

SUSE 8.0
AC97 Audio controller (only reference to a sound card I can find)

Part of system log, sorry if its information overload.

Oct 30 22:13:42 linux insmod: insmod: a module named sg already exists
Oct 30 22:13:42 linux insmod: insmod: insmod char-major-21 failed
Oct 30 22:13:42 linux insmod: insmod: a module named sg already exists
Oct 30 22:13:42 linux insmod: insmod: insmod char-major-21 failed
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux sshd[664]: Server listening on :: port 22.
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.18-4GB
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: Loaded 12771 symbols from 
/boot/System.map-2.4.18-4GB.
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.18.
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: Loaded 493 symbols from 16 modules.
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.24
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 
0xd4a90000, 00:50:ba:88:a4:97, IRQ 5
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B'
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on 
auto-negotiated partner ability 41e1.
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 
14:22:01 Mar 27 2002
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xdc00, IRQ 5
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned 
bus number 1
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe000, IRQ 5
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned 
bus number 2
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host 
Controller Interface driver
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux last message repeated 7 times
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Oct 30 22:13:47 linux kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 
00:11.5 to 64
Oct 30 22:13:48 linux /usr/sbin/cron[769]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Oct 30 22:13:55 linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent[684]: No HW description 
found ... exiting
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) 
[PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard 
OfficeJet Series 500
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: lp0: compatibility mode
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVdriver 
Kernel Module  1.0-3123  Tue Aug 27 15:56:48 PDT 2002
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff 
Hartmann
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for 
agp memory: 203M
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KT266 chipset
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xd0000000
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: VIA Apollo KT133 chipset
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture: 64M @ 0xd0000000
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture mapped from 
0xd0000000 to 0xd483c000
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: mode 4x
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: allocated 16 pages
Oct 30 22:13:56 linux kernel: ALSA ../alsa-kernel/core/pcm_lib.c:1723: 
BUG? (substream != ((void *)0)) (called from c33ea4a5)
Oct 30 22:13:57 linux last message repeated 29 times
Oct 30 22:13:57 linux kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Oct 30 22:13:57 linux kernel: ALSA ../alsa-kernel/core/pcm_lib.c:1723: 
BUG? (substream != ((void *)0)) (called from c33ea4a5)