Created attachment 426288 [details] Error report file generated by the Soundcard detection system utility Description of problem: Cannot access the sound driver/card from any software, including system tools. Each time I try to access the sound card I get a note: "Could not open audio device for playback." "audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=chat: Could not open audio device for playback." gconfaudiosrc ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=chat: Could not open audio device for playback. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Alsa 1.0.14rc3 Alsa-lib-1.0.17.eI5 Alsa-lib-1.0.17.eI5 How reproducible: I am not sure. See the attached file generated by the Soundcard detection system utility. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Cannot playback sound. Expected results: Sound playback should be available. Additional info:
Closing, bug if the problem persists with the latest RHEL5 release, reopen and attach output from 'alsa-info.sh --no-upload'.