Was there an enable-alsa or similar option in the configuration? It may be disabled by default, though one douldn't think so. Also, you may be missing libasound2-dev. Try apt-get install libasound2-dev as this is the development libraries for alsa. This will allow your source to compile with alsa support. Lorenzo -- "We decided that we should evaluate the Microsoft offerings first. Once we realised what a powerful set of tools they were, it became self-evident this was the right way to go down." Microsoft: the right way to go down