> > From: Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> Greg, Thanks for the reply. This is driving me nuts. I am using KDE and have tried enabling/disabling full duplex. It will play if I enable full duplex but the sound stops if I do anything else, like move a window. It does it as well if I try using a browser. In short, anything that uses any cpu cycles causes an interruption. Its almost as if something else is trying to use the sound system. Jim