>> If you haven't yet, try disabling all snd-*-oss alsa modules. This >> made a major improvement for me. > > I'll try this; although modprobe -r claims snd_mixer_oss is still in > use. Removing alsa-oss with pacman and restarting alsa didn't do > anything different, hmph. alsa-oss is a kernel driver, removing the package doesn't do anything except to remove the aoss hack >> Also, thought I should mention that Gmail does indeed use flash for >> some of its features. It may be loading flash without you realizing >> it. yeah for the sound notification feature in the chat widget .. flashblock FTW -- damjan
