I run two kde sessions on my server: one in a VNC session for remote access, and another on the systems main head. Each session is under a separate exclusive user. I have many sound devices on this server: two are Skype phones; one a simple USB headset, the other a USB Telbox using kb2kskype software. I'm not sure the exact sequence of events, but every time I reboot the machine I spend a few days trying to get my phones working again. Often, just killing all users kmix and firefox sessions allows kb2kskype access to the phone I need to use. I can exclude sound hardware from my KDE setup, but it doesn't seem to keep firefox from gloming on to devices it shouldn't touch. There needs to be a way to say which applications can use a sound device, and not have to fight for access. Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org