Re: Weird sound problem

G'Day ! An educated guess here is that the 'Analog to Digital' chip/board and/or your 'Digital to Analog' board has failed Trying replacing the sound card with a new one. cheers, Jim Parker Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death It is far more important than that !!!

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

G'Day ! Well at least the laptop now sees the printer ... that is probably the hard part.  I think you now have to read the Printing-HOWTO very carefully, and make sure your permissions are correct (always bite me in the past  ;-) Are you able to print anythng on the printer (ASCII text perhaps)