Hi, FYI - I fixed it! In case anyone else ever gets into this boat, do a "make uninstall" in the (tarball) 0.2.8 directory, then "dpkg -r --force-depends esound". Then re-install the esound deb package, and things will work again. Whew, John Miskinis ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com