Hey,I found the source of the problem myself: the sound-daemon esd was grabbing the ressources of the soundcard, so programs have to be configured to communicate with esd rather than ALSA...
In case you have useful advice regarding the issue, please let me know! Maybe the thread can be helpful for some other sound newbie, at least. /G --To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]