Hello everyone : ) Oh well... I think FC was running absolutely fine ( INCLUDING the sound card) but now suddenly there is a small white cross in a red circle made around the volume control panel. When I click on the panel it says this : - ----------------------------------------------- The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured. You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu. ----------------------------------------------- So how do I begin to install GStreamer plugins ? and why did this happen after working smoothly for a while ? Thank you, Alex. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/