On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 06:48 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > F7 doesn't freeze up due to a software > problem. Only if you have a hardware fault. I would laugh if it weren't so sad, Karl. Now I'm almost terrified to ask the question: What would lead you to conclude that software (in this case, presumably, a sound card driver) couldn't freeze up the system? Truly, I fear the answer.