Hi, I have the same sound hardware and XMMS won't even load. How can I change what XMMS uses, when it won't load? Thanks....Paul ------------------------------------------------------------ Same problem here, but I think it's the OSS sound driver. ogg123 has the same problem with OSS (sometimes OSS can't even play the streams I picked), but when I switch to ESD (the Enlightenment Sound Daemon), the same Ogg Vorbis files and streams play correctly. Therefore, I suspect OSS not the sound hardware. XMMS works well for me because I had already set that to use ESD. When I set it to OSS, XMMS fails in the same way Rhythmbox did. On different sound hardware, OSS might work better but on an Intel 82801DB AC'97 (i810_audio driver), some things simply don't work on OSS.