On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:24:43PM +0200, marekjs wrote: > - when I close KDE, I have: "ALSA lib pcm_hw:549(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe" > > That's all. > Any suggestions? > > PS. I have the same problem on Mandrake, and Debian with new kernels. I remember, than It worked on Slack 8.0 on my pc. Seems that you are a kde user. Kde run from startup the "arts" sound server, it is bad for alsa user. Go in the sound section of control center of kde and check off ARTS and restart you could resolve the problem. -- Lazzaro