I am on a Fedora 7 system, running the latest kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 from updates, with a small mix of Rawhide packages thrown in. Whenever I play a song or a movie I get a constant high frequency monotonous note alongwith the expected soundtrack. [root@ginger ~]# lspci ... ... 04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller ... [root@ginger ~]# lsmod Module Size Used by dm_mirror 25153 0 dm_multipath 21961 0 dm_mod 56961 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath video 21065 0 sbs 22729 0 button 12113 0 dock 13921 0 ac 9285 0 lp 16105 0 snd_hda_intel 243416 2 snd_seq_dummy 7877 0 snd_seq_oss 33473 0 snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 50609 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 11981 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 43457 0 snd_mixer_oss 19521 2 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 74949 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24901 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm firewire_ohci 20673 0 snd 53317 10 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer firewire_core 43137 1 firewire_ohci soundcore 11681 2 snd snd_page_alloc 13769 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm crc_itu_t 6337 1 firewire_core parport_pc 30821 1 rtc_cmos 12001 0 parport 38281 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc usblp 17473 0 k8temp 9537 0 hwmon 7365 1 k8temp via_rhine 28361 0 i2c_viapro 12373 0 serio_raw 10821 0 mii 9409 1 via_rhine i2c_core 27841 1 i2c_viapro sr_mod 20837 0 sg 37469 0 ahci 25541 0 pata_via 15813 7 sd_mod 31297 11 scsi_mod 140621 5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod jbd 59881 1 ext3 mbcache 12485 1 ext3 ... ... [root@ginger ~]# Worth filing a bug, or am I making a mistake? Regards, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu