Hi Problem semi fixed. If I load gnome_cd as an applet, everything is ok, but if I open gnome_cd into a window application, EVERYTHING goes slow, very slow. My graphics driver is a RIVA TNT2. Am I experiencing a graphics driver problem ? Many thanks Simon On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 23:12 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On 11/11/2004 01:56:31 PM, Simon Windsor wrote: > > Hi > > I can't seem to get this to work. > > > > Insert an Audio CD, it is correctly identified, plays 5-6 s of a > > minute > > and then hangs. > > > > Any ideas on what the problem may be ? > > That is exactly what use to happen to me when I used alsa - but now, > alsa works perfectly for me. > > Maybe the alsa driver for your sound card is bad? > Does it play files from HD without issue? (mine - back about a year ago > or so - had the same symptom you described but with _any_ audio media - > CD or Video file or audio files on HD) > > -- Simon Windsor Eml: simon.windsor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: 01454 617689 Mob: 07960 321599