I am having sound problems. I get heavy distortion part of the time. It may relate to: pat@wahoo:~> esd esd: Failed to fix mode of /tmp/.esd to 1777. Try -trust to force esd to start. esd: Esound sound daemon unable to create unix domain socket: /tmp/.esd/socket The socket is not accessible by esd. Exiting... and: pat@wahoo:~> esd -trust esd: Failed to fix mode of /tmp/.esd to 1777. Unable to connect to UNIX socket /tmp/.esd/socket My config: Sound Driver: 3.8.2-980706 (ALSA v0.5.11 emulation code) Kernel: Linux wahoo 2.4.10-4GB #1 Fri Sept 28 17:20:21 GMT 2001 i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1731 at 0xd000, irq 5 Audio devices 0: ES1371 DAC2/ADC (DUPLEX) Synth devices: NOT ENABLED INCONFIG Midi devices: 0: ES1371 Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: 0: Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev A I am at a loss?? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org