Hi: I am trying to get sound system working. I did compiled alsa and installed it on my system. Also I used "alsaconf " configured the yamaha 744b sound card and heard the testing sound. But I have some problems: 1) The KDE media player just doesn't start up. Actually it tried to start but died few seconds later .. 2) I don't know how to turn off the microphone ...it makes noise and drive me nuts ... 3) Opened CD player (the laptop comes with DVD player) and i got error message :"CDROM read or access error (or no audio disc in drive), please make sure you have access permissions to: /media/cdrom". I have an audio cd in the DVD drive. Checked both /dvd and cdrom directories, i could see nothing. Any help is greatly appreciated ... TIA Gahn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/