Hi Everyone, I think this happens after I a) upgraded to the new Kernel (SuSE 9.1, 2.5.x) or b) got the latest KDE release (3.2.3) When I start and log in, I can't hear any sound. I have to open the Control Panel, go to Sound and Multimedia - Sound System. To be able to click apply I have to make whatever change, undo it, click apply and bingo... sound is back. No other change is needed. When I check before I go through the procedure, artsd is running. First I thought it might not have been started. I tried this (http://portal.suse.com/sdb/de/2004/05/thallma_91_sndsilence.html or http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/thallma_91_sndsilence.html), but it didn't help. The only thing that makes the sound audible is the procedure described above. Does anyone have an idea where to look? It's somewhat annoying to manually start this everytime. On my laptop I don't have this problem (Dell Inspirion 1100). My desktop is a selfmade system (Athlon based), the soundchip uses Crystal Sound Fusion CS46xx. Thanks, -- Sabine