debs, testing for sound (via "saytime"), i get a "no-deivce" error; yet, i see "audio" in /dev. Script started on Wed Sep 27 17:28:28 2000 bt@1NET:~$ saytime opening /dev/audio: No such device bt@1NET:~$ ls /dev/ ¦less atibm audio ^^^^^ audio1 bpcd cdrom [snip] Script done on Wed Sep 27 17:28:58 2000 ...suggestions? thx. bentley taylor. (potato on 2.2.17) //