Horray for unarchiving bugs. Unfortunately, this bug now exists with Debian kernels.
http://bugs.debian.org/240834 this bug/madbomber: Music plays slowly Linux andromeda 2.6.15-1-686 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:27:08 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux isofs 32792 0 - Live 0xc8f15000 nls_iso8859_1 3936 1 - Live 0xc8849000 nls_cp437 5600 1 - Live 0xc8e9d000 vfat 11584 1 - Live 0xc8ea2000 fat 45948 1 vfat, Live 0xc8f53000 sd_mod 17136 2 - Live 0xc8ec4000 usb_storage 64864 1 - Live 0xc8f22000 scsi_mod 125736 2 sd_mod,usb_storage, Live 0xc8f33000 r128 41088 1 - Live 0xc8eb8000 drm 64532 2 r128, Live 0xc8ea7000 ipv6 221696 8 - Live 0xc8ed3000 button 6448 0 - Live 0xc8db1000 ac 4676 0 - Live 0xc8e39000 battery 9412 0 - Live 0xc8e5f000 lp 10532 0 - Live 0xc8e5b000 i8k 6328 0 - Live 0xc8802000 snd_pcm_oss 45536 0 - Live 0xc8e6a000 snd_mixer_oss 16448 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xc8e55000 joydev 8864 0 - Live 0xc8e51000 evdev 8800 0 - Live 0xc8e35000 intel_agp 20796 1 - Live 0xc8de0000 agpgart 31400 2 drm,intel_agp, Live 0xc8e2c000 rtc 11316 0 - Live 0xc8e07000 mousedev 10496 1 - Live 0xc8e03000 snd_maestro3 23044 1 - Live 0xc8de8000 psmouse 32356 0 - Live 0xc8dfa000 snd_ac97_codec 82464 1 snd_maestro3, Live 0xc8e16000 snd_ac97_bus 2048 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xc8da6000 serio_raw 6468 0 - Live 0xc8d48000 shpchp 39712 0 - Live 0xc8def000 pci_hotplug 24756 1 shpchp, Live 0xc8dcc000 yenta_socket 24972 0 - Live 0xc8d51000 rsrc_nonstatic 11968 1 yenta_socket, Live 0xc8dc8000 pcmcia_core 37872 2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic, Live 0xc8dd5000 parport_pc 32036 1 - Live 0xc8d9d000 parport 31624 2 lp,parport_pc, Live 0xc8da8000 snd_pcm 77576 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xc8db4000 snd_timer 21316 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xc8d59000 snd_page_alloc 9928 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xc8d0c000 pcspkr 1668 0 - Live 0xc881f000 snd 48420 7 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xc8d90000 i2c_piix4 8240 0 - Live 0xc8d44000 floppy 54628 0 - Live 0xc8d81000 i2c_core 19280 1 i2c_piix4, Live 0xc8d4b000 soundcore 8928 1 snd, Live 0xc8d40000 ext3 117768 2 - Live 0xc8d63000 jbd 48404 1 ext3, Live 0xc8d14000 mbcache 8484 1 ext3, Live 0xc8d10000 ide_generic 1120 0 [permanent], Live 0xc881d000 ide_cd 36484 0 - Live 0xc8868000 cdrom 33280 1 ide_cd, Live 0xc8873000 ide_disk 15712 4 - Live 0xc8844000 3c59x 39432 0 - Live 0xc8d01000 mii 5056 1 3c59x, Live 0xc8832000 uhci_hcd 28016 0 - Live 0xc883c000 usbcore 113284 3 usb_storage,uhci_hcd, Live 0xc8d23000 piix 8964 0 [permanent], Live 0xc882e000 generic 4260 0 [permanent], Live 0xc881a000 ide_core 112800 6 usb_storage,ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,piix,generic, Live 0xc884b000 thermal 13416 0 - Live 0xc8829000 processor 22912 1 thermal, Live 0xc8822000 fan 4580 0 - Live 0xc8805000 So the relevant modules look to be: snd snd_ac97_bus snd_ac97_codec snd_maestro3 snd_mixer_oss snd_page_alloc snd_pcm snd_pcm_oss snd_timer soundcore I have, in /proc/modules: snd-pcm-oss I removed them with: sudo modprobe -r snd_maestro3 snd_pcm_oss snd_timer soundcore snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_mixer_oss snd snd_ac97_bus snd_ac97_codec And put everything back with: sudo modprobe snd_maestro3 sudo modprobe snd-pcm-oss To give you some idea of how slow it is, when I lost a game, the "end game" noise played, and took over 10 seconds before proceeding to the "end game" message. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]