On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 17:39 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > Hi Ric. Anything show up on, ps auxw, that looks like it's using sound? Are > you able to stop Alsa, then restart it? Then trying the failing apps again. > # /etc/rc.d.init.d/alsasound stop > # /etc/rc.s/init.d/alsasound start I didn't think to try that, and guess what? There was no alsasound there. I mean how could there not be? Yum is merrily installing away as I type and that blows my mind. Thanks for the suggestion, that got me to look were I should have been looking and now I'm installing it. That is soooo strange. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================