Ok, finally something real. It's yiff that's dominating the sound files:
#fuser -v /dev/dsp USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/dsp root 245 f.... yiff #ps auxwww USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 245 0.1 0.4 1084 272 ? S 16:03 0:00 /usr/sbin/yiff /etc/yiff/yiffrc The Sound HowTo only mentions FTAPE conflicts for DMA, I'm not using FTAPE nor do I have that module loaded. I beg the lists indulgence in this matter, I believe I have at last traced it down to the point where I can't do anything more. Curt- -- The Road goes ever on and one, down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone and I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.