Still Having Recording Problems!

I disabled aRts and still cannot get any recording using DAP, Krec, qarecord, audacity. I am convinced that qarecord just doesnt' work, as the time counter stays at zero. As for the rest of them, I really do not know --the file is just plain empty, with the exception of qarecord which generates a 44-byte file. Anyone know something else I might attempt? This is getting old! :-\ Thanks... ...CH -- SuSE Is All U Need.