Hi all, The man pages for alsa are less than enlightening. What kind of sound card do you have, Cheryl? If it's a sf-live, I'll send you my asound.stat file. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT