Thanks for the help. I will try your configuration. > > First off, why does a production machine *need* sound unless you are > doing sound work?
Some users will be doing sound work. >Servers probably shouldn't even have sound cards. Its a laptop, not a server > Secondly, ALSA is still beta software and you really shouldn't blame > Debian for its failings. I wasnt blaming Debian per se, but I was told that it was the best approach, when my first attempts were failing. > Thirdly, if you are doing sound programming, > you might as well stick with OSS since alsa-lib is changing so rapidly. > OSS wasnt working at all. > Cheers, > Chris > > -- > It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. > -- Benjamin Disraeli