I am nearly certain even for command line users of Linux the linux sound system has some instability in it to this day. I found out about this by using usb speakers on an archlinux box and I update regularly. It is possible to use usb speakers however you'll need to know where your non-default speakers are inside of alsamixer and choose those and then exit out of alsamixer. I did it with the f6 key once alsamixer was started then used the down-arrow to get off the default then hit enter to select. Then I hit escape to close alsamixer and I did this as root and once done I ran amixer sset Master unmute then I ran alsactl store and then rebooted. What happens afterwards even if the computer comes up talking is that the alsa sound system gets overwritten by something in the system and on some reboots, I come up with no working sound system. The system is forcibly switched back to its default speakers which are no longer connected to the system. One of these days maybe the operating system will improve to the point where those with ownership of hardware are actually presumed to know what system settings they need and Linux or some part of it will not second guess the hardware owners and change settings to incorrect values. Not this year though. jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Twitter: @jdashiel _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list