> Everything was fine with my FC2 with Audigy x-gamer > until I started KDE by mistake; now my sound is gone > although everything seems to be ok. stop the artsd through the control centre and do a killall -9 artsd. I managed through this. hope this helps cheers, shatam ===== shatam bhattacharya mca 3rd year. 232 pg hostel MNNIT, Allahabad, UP, India ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony/