I have a ali5451 in my laptop and alsa works fine with 2.6.12. Here are some details,
lspci 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) lspci -n 0000:00:06.0 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 02) kernel linux-image-2.6.12-1-686 2.6.12-2 $ lsmod |grep snd snd_ali5451 23780 0 snd_ac97_codec 84120 1 snd_ali5451 snd_pcm_oss 55072 0 snd_mixer_oss 20032 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 93608 3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24676 1 snd_pcm snd 56580 6 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixe r_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9760 1 snd snd_page_alloc 9956 1 snd_pcm I used alsaconf to set it up. -- Matt Taggart [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]