> Whenever I do something that uses sound, I get about a 3 second delay > before the sound plays. Once the audio has started playing then > everything is fine until it stops. I then get the delay again the next > time I try to play a sound. I've experienced this only with Audacity, and it's close to 6 seconds. Stop works ok. ALSA and JACK based apps work without delays. I'd say it's oss-emulation layer problem at least in my case. 2496 with 2.4.20 & 2.4.24 tested (2.6.0 also, but can't remember Audacity behaviour with that) Tommi Uimonen