On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:39:23 and regarding: > > Google is your friend: > > http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=sound-preoss.tar.bz2 > > Click the first link and it'll shed some light. > > DR > Oh brother.... Thank you DR: checking dependencies... Remove (1): oss-4.2_2002-1.1 Total Removed Size: 5.82 MB Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] OSS not loaded. (1/1) removing oss [#####################################################] 100% ------------------------------------------------------------- Open Sound System was now removed, and the ALSA kernel modules were restored. Please note that OSS stores some of its configuration files at /usr/lib/oss. If you don't plan to use OSS anymore, you can remove this directory. ------------------------------------------------------------- now let us see if this box will make noise again... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com