> I've seen something similar. In my case, it turned out to be because I > had a webpage open which had Flash on it, and Flash was using the sound > system, hogging it all to itself. Closing off that webpage (or the web > browser, I can't remember), got things back up and running again. > > From time to time, I'll lose sound with Gaim, often because something > else was using the sound system at the time Gaim wanted it, and even > when that something else let go of it, Gaim wouldn't be able to make use > of it. I'd have to shut Gaim down and re-start it. > > At times, applications that wanted to make a sound would not only not be > able to (because the sound system was otherwise occupied), but would > also hang or get stuck. It seems some software authors don't comprehend > "multitasking". Looks like in my case that it's vmware causing my issues. I'm stayed out of it all afternoon and have not had a mouse or sound problem since. I remember when I installed the latest vmware player that it complained about the version of compiler I am using (4.1 instead of 4.0 or something), but I had it go ahead anyway. Maybe that's the reason, not sure. Thanks, James
