On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:43:46 -0500 Christopher Barry <cbarry@infinicon.com> wrote: > 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM > (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) OK, I have the same sound chip. KDE needs aRTs for sound output. Probably your mixer is muted (package: kmix)? You don't need the alsa tools if aRTs is set up correctly. Regards Kai