diff -uNr uae-0.8.22-org/configure.in uae-0.8.22/configure.in
--- uae-0.8.22-org/configure.in	2004-09-11 20:16:30.151434416 +0300
+++ uae-0.8.22/configure.in	2004-09-11 20:16:41.469713776 +0300
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@
 AC_ARG_WITH(svgalib,[  --with-svgalib          Use SVGAlib for graphics output],[WANT_SVGALIB=$withval],[])
 AC_ARG_WITH(sdl,[  --with-sdl              Use SDL library for low-level functions],[WANT_SDL=$withval],[])
 AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-sound,[  --with-sdl-sound        Use SDL library for sound],[WANT_SDLSND=$withval],[])
-AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-gfx,[  --with-sdl-gfx        Use SDL library for graphics],[WANT_SDLGFX=$withval],[])
+AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-gfx,[  --with-sdl-gfx          Use SDL library for graphics],[WANT_SDLGFX=$withval],[])
+AC_ARG_WITH(alsa,[  --with-alsa             Use ALSA library for sound],[WANT_ALSA=$withval],[])
 AC_ARG_WITH(asciiart,[  --with-asciiart         Use ncurses ascii art for graphics output],[WANT_ASCIIART=$withval],[])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(dga,[  --enable-dga            X11 version: Use the DGA extension],[WANT_DGA=$enableval],[])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(vidmode,[  --enable-vidmode        X11 version: Use the XF86VidMode extension],[WANT_VIDMODE=$enableval],[])
@@ -256,6 +257,10 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+if [[ "x$WANT_ALSA" = "xyes" ]]; then
+  LIBS="$LIBS -lasound"
+fi
+
 if [[ "x$WANT_DGA" = "xyes" ]]; then
   if [[ "x$WANT_SVGALIB" = "xyes" -o "x$WANT_ASCIIART" = "xyes" -o "x$WANT_SDLGFX" = "xyes" ]]; then
     echo "You can't enable DGA for SVGAlib, SDL and ncurses targets!"
@@ -853,6 +858,10 @@
   SOUNDDEP=sd-sdl
   USE_SOUND=yes
   NEED_THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
+else if [[ "x$WANT_ALSA" = "xyes" ]]; then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT(ALSA)
+  SOUNDDEP=sd-alsa
+  USE_SOUND=yes
 else if [[ "x$HAVE_USS_SOUND" = "xyes" ]]; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT(USS)
   SOUNDDEP=sd-uss
@@ -910,6 +919,7 @@
 fi
 fi
 fi
+fi
 
 if [[ "x$NEED_THREAD_SUPPORT" = "xyes" ]]; then
   if [[ "x$USE_THREADS" != "xyes" ]]; then
diff -uNr uae-0.8.22-org/src/sd-alsa/sound.c uae-0.8.22/src/sd-alsa/sound.c
--- uae-0.8.22-org/src/sd-alsa/sound.c	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ uae-0.8.22/src/sd-alsa/sound.c	2004-09-11 20:17:00.390837328 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+ /* 
+  * UAE - The Un*x Amiga Emulator
+  * 
+  * Support for Linux/ALSA sound
+  * 
+  * Copyright 1997 Bernd Schmidt
+  * Copyright 2004 Heikki Orsila
+  *
+  * BUGS: certainly
+  * TODO:
+  * - if setup_sound() fails, there may still be hope to get the
+  *   sound device, but we totally give up.. see sd-uss.
+  */
+
+#include "sysconfig.h"
+#include "sysdeps.h"
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "options.h"
+#include "memory.h"
+#include "events.h"
+#include "custom.h"
+#include "gensound.h"
+#include "sounddep/sound.h"
+
+#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
+
+int sound_fd;
+static int have_sound = 0;
+static unsigned long formats;
+
+uae_u16 sndbuffer[44100];
+uae_u16 *sndbufpt;
+int sndbufsize;
+
+snd_pcm_t *alsa_playback_handle = 0;
+int alsa_to_frames_divisor = 4;
+
+void close_sound (void)
+{
+  if (alsa_playback_handle) {
+    snd_pcm_close (alsa_playback_handle);
+    alsa_playback_handle = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+static int open_sound(void)
+{
+  return snd_pcm_open (&alsa_playback_handle, "default", SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0);
+}
+
+/* Try to determine whether sound is available.  This is only for GUI purposes.  */
+int setup_sound (void)
+{
+  int err;
+  sound_available = 0;
+  if ((err = open_sound()) < 0) {
+    /* TODO: if the pcm was busy, we should the same as sd-uss does.
+       tell the caller that sound is available. in any other
+       condition we should just return 0. */
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot open audio device (%s)\n", snd_strerror (err));
+    return 0;
+  }
+  snd_pcm_close (alsa_playback_handle);
+  alsa_playback_handle = 0;
+  sound_available = 1;
+  return 1;
+}
+
+int init_sound (void)
+{
+  int tmp;
+  int rate;
+  int dspbits;
+  int alsamode;
+  int channels;
+  int err;
+  snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hw_params;
+  snd_pcm_uframes_t buffer_frames;
+
+  dspbits = currprefs.sound_bits;
+  channels = currprefs.stereo ? 2 : 1;
+  rate    = currprefs.sound_freq;
+
+  have_sound = 0;
+  alsa_playback_handle = 0;
+  if ((err = open_sound()) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot open audio device (%s)\n", snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if (currprefs.sound_maxbsiz < 128 || currprefs.sound_maxbsiz > 16384) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "Sound buffer size %d out of range.\n", currprefs.sound_maxbsiz);
+    currprefs.sound_maxbsiz = 8192;
+  }
+  sndbufsize = currprefs.sound_maxbsiz;
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_malloc (&hw_params)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot allocate hardware parameter structure (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_any (alsa_playback_handle, hw_params)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot initialize hardware parameter structure (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access (alsa_playback_handle, hw_params, SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot set access type (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  switch (dspbits) {
+  case 8:
+    alsamode = SND_PCM_FORMAT_U8;
+    break;
+  case 16:
+    alsamode = SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16;
+    break;
+  default:
+    fprintf(stderr, "%d bit samples not supported with uae's alsa\n", dspbits);
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format (alsa_playback_handle, hw_params, alsamode)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot set sample format (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels (alsa_playback_handle, hw_params, channels)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot set channel count (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near (alsa_playback_handle, hw_params, &rate, 0)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot set sample rate (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+      
+  alsa_to_frames_divisor = channels * dspbits / 8;
+  buffer_frames = sndbufsize / alsa_to_frames_divisor;
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near(alsa_playback_handle, hw_params, &buffer_frames, 0)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot set period size near (%s)\n", snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params (alsa_playback_handle, hw_params)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot set parameters (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+      
+  snd_pcm_hw_params_free (hw_params);
+      
+  if ((err = snd_pcm_prepare (alsa_playback_handle)) < 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "cannot prepare audio interface for use (%s)\n",
+	     snd_strerror (err));
+    goto nosound;
+  }
+
+  scaled_sample_evtime = (unsigned long) MAXHPOS_PAL * MAXVPOS_PAL * VBLANK_HZ_PAL * CYCLE_UNIT / rate;
+  scaled_sample_evtime_ok = 1;
+  
+  if (dspbits == 16) {
+    init_sound_table16 ();
+    sample_handler = currprefs.stereo ? sample16s_handler : sample16_handler;
+  } else {
+    init_sound_table8 ();
+    sample_handler = currprefs.stereo ? sample8s_handler : sample8_handler;
+  }
+  have_sound = 1;
+  sound_available = 1;
+  printf ("Sound driver found and configured for %d bits at %d Hz, buffer is %d bytes\n", dspbits, rate, sndbufsize);
+
+  sndbufpt = sndbuffer;
+  return 1;
+
+ nosound:
+  have_sound = 0;
+  close_sound();
+  return 0;
+}
diff -uNr uae-0.8.22-org/src/sd-alsa/sound.h uae-0.8.22/src/sd-alsa/sound.h
--- uae-0.8.22-org/src/sd-alsa/sound.h	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ uae-0.8.22/src/sd-alsa/sound.h	2004-09-11 20:16:41.470713624 +0300
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+ /* 
+  * UAE - The Un*x Amiga Emulator
+  * 
+  * Support for Linux/ALSA sound
+  * 
+  * Copyright 1997 Bernd Schmidt
+  * Copyright 2004 Heikki Orsila
+  */
+
+#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
+
+extern int sound_fd;
+extern uae_u16 sndbuffer[];
+extern uae_u16 *sndbufpt;
+extern int sndbufsize;
+extern snd_pcm_t *alsa_playback_handle;
+extern int alsa_to_frames_divisor;
+
+/* alsa_xrun_recovery() function is copied from ALSA manual. why the hell did
+   they make ALSA this hard?! i bet 95% of ALSA programmers would like a
+   simpler way to do error handling.. let the 5% use tricky APIs.
+*/
+static int alsa_xrun_recovery(snd_pcm_t *handle, int err)
+{
+  if (err == -EPIPE) {
+    /* under-run */
+    err = snd_pcm_prepare(handle);
+    if (err < 0)
+      fprintf(stderr, "uae: no recovery with alsa from underrun, prepare failed: %s\n", snd_strerror(err));
+    return 0;
+  } else if (err == -ESTRPIPE) {
+    while ((err = snd_pcm_resume(handle)) == -EAGAIN) {
+      /* wait until the suspend flag is released */
+      fprintf(stderr, "uae: sleeping for alsa.\n");
+      sleep(1);
+    }
+    if (err < 0) {
+      err = snd_pcm_prepare(handle);
+      if (err < 0)
+	fprintf(stderr, "uae: no recovery with alsa from suspend, prepare failed: %s\n", snd_strerror(err));
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return err;
+}
+
+static void check_sound_buffers (void)
+{
+  if ((char *)sndbufpt - (char *)sndbuffer >= sndbufsize) {
+    int frames = sndbufsize / alsa_to_frames_divisor;
+    char *buf = (char *) sndbuffer;
+    int ret;
+    while (frames > 0) {
+      ret = snd_pcm_writei(alsa_playback_handle, buf, frames);
+      if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN || ret == -EINTR)
+	  continue;
+	if (alsa_xrun_recovery(alsa_playback_handle, ret) < 0) {
+	  fprintf(stderr, "uae: write error with alsa: %s\n", snd_strerror(ret));
+	  exit(-1);
+	}
+	continue;
+      }
+      frames -= ret;
+      buf += ret * alsa_to_frames_divisor;
+    }
+    sndbufpt = sndbuffer;
+  }
+}
+
+#define PUT_SOUND_BYTE(b) do { *(uae_u8 *)sndbufpt = b; sndbufpt = (uae_u16 *)(((uae_u8 *)sndbufpt) + 1); } while (0)
+#define PUT_SOUND_WORD(b) do { *(uae_u16 *)sndbufpt = b; sndbufpt = (uae_u16 *)(((uae_u8 *)sndbufpt) + 2); } while (0)
+#define PUT_SOUND_BYTE_LEFT(b) PUT_SOUND_BYTE(b)
+#define PUT_SOUND_WORD_LEFT(b) PUT_SOUND_WORD(b)
+#define PUT_SOUND_BYTE_RIGHT(b) PUT_SOUND_BYTE(b)
+#define PUT_SOUND_WORD_RIGHT(b) PUT_SOUND_WORD(b)
+#define SOUND16_BASE_VAL 0
+#define SOUND8_BASE_VAL 128
+
+#define DEFAULT_SOUND_MAXB 8192
+#define DEFAULT_SOUND_MINB 8192
+#define DEFAULT_SOUND_BITS 16
+#define DEFAULT_SOUND_FREQ 44100
+#define HAVE_STEREO_SUPPORT