David Poehlman <poehlman at clark.net> writes: > it seems as though freeamp does not automatically detect my sound card. the > file plays but nothing happens auditorially. Hi Dave: Are you using the ALSA drivers? If so, it might not be playing because you either haven't set up the mixer or have run alsactl restore to set the setting after a boot. Freeamp doesn't actually look for the card it just writes to the /dev/dsp sound device. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061