i just did a fresh install of slink, and for some reason, the audio devices (most notably /dev/audio and /dev/dsp) were not created. was this done by design? anyway, i created the necessary devices by doing '(cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV audio)' as root. the devices were created, but the ownership of the devices were root.root, rather than root.audio, as i'm used to seeing. is this right? thanks everyone... -alan