I see this mesage on new installs of slackware and if you have the same problem it's easy to fix. Check the permissions on /dev/dsp. It may be that you will have to change your permissions to give users access. /dev/dsp is actually a symlinc to /dev/sound so you'll need to change that permission too. Lorenzo La Spada is a darn nice person I don't care what anybody says! > Hi, > I installed kde some weeks ago, all is working fine now except the > sound. I have no sound at all and yes Arts is installed (but maybe > not well configured?). > > When trying to activate the sound system in kcontrol>sound system, I > have this message: > > Error while initializing the sound driver > Couldn't connect to server > The sound server will continue, using the null output device > > I'm not sure to understand what it means. I have no idea what I > should do I didn't find any helpful hint in the kde home page. > > Do someone know how to enable sound? > Please help me to configure kde to have sound. > > My configuration: > ----------------------- > mac ibook ppc g4 > kde 3.5.3 installed with fink > ___________________________________________________ > . > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. -- Cheers, Rick Miles Movement stopped is no movement, and rest set in motion is no rest. Written on Setting Orange, the 19th of Confusion, 3172 http://www.turtlespond.net/ ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.