OK, yes, now for 2years I am still in FC9, running a Dec-Talk-USB, luckily not any software speech. You see, mysteriously with no warning the next time I play audio of any kind, I cannot. Mplayer says "resource temporarily available. Maybe 18months ago, Bill Acker said I had to exit out of all consoles--and-login again. Yes, that sure fixes it. I found later I could exit 1 console, but now today 1 console does nothing. Do any of you of a specific reason why sound hangs in FC9? I have an mp3Blaster. Bill thought it was an FC9 bug, but in searching google, I could not find this specific trouble. Thanks so much in advance Hart