Not getting any replies on this so I'll keep trying... When KDE 3.0.5a starts on my RedHat 7.3 box, I get a window that says: Informational - artsmessage Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: can't set requested samplingrate (requested rate 44100, got rate ####) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. I also get a core dump in my root directory (yes, I run as root). Here is the gdb backtrace I get from the core dump. [root@localhost /root]# gdb /usr/bin/artsd core.1196 (no debugging symbols found)...Core was generated by `/usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m artsmessage -l 3 -f'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsoundserver_idl-gcc2.96.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsoundserver_idl-gcc2.96.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libkmedia2_idl-gcc2.96.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libkmedia2_idl-gcc2.96.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libartsflow-gcc2.96.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libartsflow-gcc2.96.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libartsflow_idl-gcc2.96.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libartsflow_idl-gcc2.96.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmcop_mt-gcc2.96.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmcop_mt-gcc2.96.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmcop-gcc2.96.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmcop-gcc2.96.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libartsmidi-gcc2.96.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libartsmidi-gcc2.96.so Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libartsmidi_idl-gcc2.96.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libartsmidi_idl-gcc2.96.so Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libartsbuilder-gcc2.96.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libartsbuilder-gcc2.96.so Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libaudiofilearts-gcc2.96.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libaudiofilearts-gcc2.96.so #0 0x4027dd89 in Arts::Dispatcher::terminate () from /usr/lib/libmcop- gcc2.96.so.1 (gdb) bt #0 0x4027dd89 in Arts::Dispatcher::terminate () from /usr/lib/libmcop- gcc2.96.so.1 #1 0x402fcf05 in pthread_sighandler () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #2 <signal handler called> #3 0x40401486 in __do_global_dtors_aux () from /usr/lib/libartsbuilder- gcc2.96.so #4 0x404505b9 in _fini () from /usr/lib/libartsbuilder-gcc2.96.so #5 0x4000bb52 in _dl_fini () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #6 0x4202bc5b in exit () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #7 0x42017592 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (gdb) Any help on this? Thanks. Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get FREE encrypted email: https://www.hushmail.com/?l=2 Free, ultra-private instant messaging with Hush Messenger https://www.hushmail.com/services.php?subloc=messenger&l=434 Promote security and make money with the Hushmail Affiliate Program: https://www.hushmail.com/about.php?subloc=affiliate&l=427 ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.