I would suspect the permissions of /dev/dsp. Also I don't know where it would have gone, but /dev/dsp might need to be created with makedev. I am not too sure with rh, but another suggestion is to add yourself to the audio group. -- Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org PGP Public Key ID: 45CBBABD http://stivers-home.dyndns.org