Hi, The other night, a 'yum update' updated my FC11 system to KDE 4.3.5. I've noticed a rather annoying little change: while a KDE system notification is being played, the master volume is temporarily lowered. (If KMix is open I can see the Master Volume slider move down and back up as the sound plays.) This means that if I have the volume adjusted to a comfortable level for music listening that I can barely hear the sound that alerts me to new mail. Although I suppose some folks might like to have new mail alerts, etc., played a bit quieter while they're playing music, I'm of the opinion that I'd like alerts to be audible over the music so I can hear and act on the alert. Before the upgrade to 4.3.5 I used to be able to hear the notification sounds quite well. Is this a bug or feature? If the latter, is there any way for me to switch things back to the old behavior? Thanks, Dave -- Dave Ulrick Email: d-ulrick at comcast.net