On Wed, 27 May 2009 15:33:55 -0700, pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx said: > If I reboot to the earlier partition -- release 29462 -- I get audio > again... usually! I think I'm actually encountering two problems. > It looks as if there's a buffer-flow problem or something in this > release that often prevents it playing when first booted. If I try > a little later it usually works, but is very sensitive to other > activity > such as mouse-movement. This is a know OSS bug. AFAIK, there is no workaround for it other than waiting a bit before playing any files. In any case, it also tends to stop playing sound after some hours too. > However, it's something different in the later release -- 30629. > There seems to be no sound driver at all. In the 29462 Media > Preferences, > audio I/O is connected to "Crystal CS4280", but in the later one my > only > choice is "<none>". OSS is not installed. > Digging around a bit, it appears that this device is handled by OSS > but all the OSS stuff seems to be in "/boot/home/config/..." in the > old system, and is not present at all in the current one. I've tried > linking across to what I could find, but it made no difference, so > I'd > guess I'm missing something -- like a proper install. You are missing the OSS optional package. -Bruno