Hi Richard, doing that gdb's bt command gives: (gdb) bt #0 0x033f41fc in Arts::StartupManager::startup () from /usr/lib/libmcop.so.1 #1 0x033d2df4 in Arts::Dispatcher::Dispatcher () from /usr/lib/libmcop.so.1 #2 0x004f8975 in arts_backend_init () from /usr/lib/libartscbackend.so.0 #3 0x00454546 in arts_init () from /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0 #4 0x07f34fba in SDL_MixAudio_MMX_S8 () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #5 0x07f30383 in SDL_AudioInit () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #6 0x07f2f31b in SDL_InitSubSystem () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #7 0x07f306ec in SDL_OpenAudio () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #8 0x0810af36 in open_sound () #9 0x07f8367c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #10 0x07f7b3f8 in SDL_SemPost () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #11 0x07f7af8f in SDL_SYS_KillThread () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 #12 0x0090798c in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 #13 0x007657da in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 Further info: After putting the disk and kick in and running (either Reset or un-Pause) the black emulation screen appears briefly before disappearing and crashing. Cheers, Lee -S- ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com