Ryan McDougall wrote: > Ok we are having another problem with the same computer in my post > about the CD drives... Anyway this time the sound card does not work. > It is a Sound Blaster Live and it got detected on OS install time and > the modules are loaded at bootup but no sound is played. We have tried > to do the automatic sound card detection but nothing is played when > you try to test it said can't open output file /dev/dsp does not > exist. Usual answer: go to the volume control, and make sure *all* the sliders are up. Yes, there are a lot of them. SB Lives work fine. James. -- E-mail address: james | "Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, @westexe.demon.co.uk | indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad." | -- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times