On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 22:02:36 +0000 (UTC) debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote: > Check if you have /dev/dsp with the proper permissions: > > $ ls -l /dev/dsp > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2008-11-06 19:41 /dev/dsp > > If /dev/dsp is missing, try "modprobe snd_pcm_oss" as root. If that > improves the situation, add snd_pcm_oss to /etc/modules to have it > loaded automatically at boot time. Thanks. Both volume.app and xmms now work. Mark