I messed up kmix while logged in as user. The window pops up, but there are no controls, just this message 'Invalid mixer "SigmaTel STAC9708/11" '. If I log into KDE as root, kmix works, CD's play. So kmix itself isn't broken, I just can't get it working as user. Is this likely to be a permissions issue, and if so where would I look to fix this? Or another problem? Thanks.
p.s. my ISP -rogers- has broken email. I won't get this email back from the SuSE list.
Sorry. It was late. I should have said that I won't see my original post, but I WILL see any follow-ups. Rogers has their email servers set up so that any mail coming from outside Rogers, but with an @ rogers.com 'from' address will be rejected as spam. Their technicians "are working on it". Paul Babiak