Some very interesting notes. One question though, how do we fix this issue if we already have installed it to the hard drive via knxinstall? My machine is using CMI 9739 onboard sound which has 6 channel capabilities. However, they are recognizing it as the generic AC'97 codec. Right now my sound events are off pitch and when I try to use ALSA it doesn't work at all, most likely cause I didn't use the ALSA cheat. Suggestions are welcome.