-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: Thanks to all who helped, Joe & Sesil Morris, Wolfi and all others. I now have sound in Xine 0.9.8 running on SuSE 7.3 pro. I installed xine rpms from http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/~jcm/skyblade/ , the only problem was a error on the ui rpm about not being able to install some icons. This I was advised to ignore. Wolfi pointed out that I could start DVD's from Kongi and that worked but no sound. What worked was a email from Joe & Sesil Morris " I just worked on this last night.  Go into your //.xine/config (home directory, and change the d4d device from /dev/rdvd to /dev/dvd (I would also change /dev/cdaudio to /dev/cdrom).  Then DVDs will work.  With mine, I tried with -A alsa05, and it worked in VCDs but not DVDs, so I tried -A oss, and sound worked in both.  HTH." After making the config edits, downloading and installing the oss sound module, I was able to call xine from a console window or application link and play a DVD using the Nav button on the GUI. The key to sound was the oss driver. The other edits cleared up the start up problems. Thanks to all, and if I missed your name no slight is intended, it is just so many helped with this problem and I have lost track. Thanks - -- Ralph - -- It said uses Windows 98 or better so I installed SuSE 7.3 Proud user of SuSE 7.3 Professional Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key fingerprint = 6426 1CFF 0987 9D51 76D6  06BC F22A CFF4 559A 03E7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8VeaT8irP9FWaA+cRAhJuAJ9ItaFCCfdQCaL+/TNjXB2++pnFDwCfe+mW RCOauQRn7DykpIPSRHmJp9g= =osrJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----