I just switched to using ALSA (0.9.2). I used OSS before and had the similar problem. The default startup seems to have the master and PCM volume as zero with both channels muted (ens1371). I can change this and get sound working fine. I then save the settings from kmix's file menu. Next time I boot though, the original muted settings are restored. In the manual a mixer module is mentioned under the sound group (KDE3.1.3 MDK9.2) but this doesn't appear on my system. Is there a way to get reasonable defaults after a reboot? Interestingly aumix shows only my usb sound device (webcam) which has only a mic. I don't seem to be able to see my sound card at all with that, so no help there. Any ideas? Thanks, Nick. ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.