> I did find alsaconf in the KDE menu - It's a shell script and it will be most likely not in the K menu. Open a terminal window, type su... > Debian/Apps/System/Admin/Alsaconf > but it wants me to log in as root (not as sudo su) and I > don't ?recall the password I set...arrg! ...and enter the root passphrase, then type /sbin/alsaconf. OTOH, Paul Davis threw in that it's not an ALSA problem but a JACK one. Try setting the parameters on the command line or in qjackctl as he recommended instead of running alsaconf. BTW: Never forget the root password! But before you reinstall: there are ways to reset the root passphrase... Best regards ce