Hi, All, I tried what Gene suggested, and get the same thing. I did aps with everything back to normal, and this is what I got: craig 3549 1.4 0.5 304932 11260 ? S<l 08:02 0:03 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog root 4451 0.0 0.0 7840 852 tty6 S+ 08:06 0:00 grep puls What now/? Craig Martin