Hello, E-UAE 0.8.28 hangs during startup when ALSA is occupied by artsd. It can only be stopped by signal 9 then. This is console output when it hangs: martin@deepdance:~/Amiga/UAE -> ./uae E-UAE 0.8.28 Build date: Sep 20 2005 23:38:17 SDLGFX: Initialized. SDLGFX: Using SDL version 1.2.8. SDLGFX: Display is 32 bits deep. SDLGFX: Found screenmode: 1024x768. SDLGFX: Found screenmode: 800x600. SDLGFX: Found screenmode: 640x480. SDLGFX: Found screenmode: 512x384. SDLGFX: Found screenmode: 400x300. SDLGFX: Found screenmode: 320x240. Found 0 joystick(s) Found x11pc raw keyboard mapping Using cooked keymap Opening cfgfile '/home/martin/.uaerc'...okay. unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter=no' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_vert_zoom=0' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_horiz_zoom=0' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_vert_offset=0' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_horiz_offset=0' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_scanlines=0' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_scanlinelevel=0' unknown config entry: 'gfx_filter_scanlineratio=17' obsolete config entry 'fast_copper' Testing the RDTSC instruction ... done. TSC frequency: 733,000000 MHz Testing system sleep function.... Average duration of a 1ms sleep: 3 ms ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:196:(make_local_socket) connect failed: /tmp/alsa-dmix-6277-1128711216-235320: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:834:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to connect client Found x11pc raw keyboard mapping Using raw keymap It should at least exit gracefully or even better yet show a warning requester and give the option to exit, to retry, or to start without sound. This is with Debian Etch/Sid using a self compiled kernel and indicated ALSA version: martin@deepdance:~ -> cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.13.3-tp23 (root@deepdance) (gcc-Version 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.2-2)) #1 Fri Oct 7 10:16:06 CEST 2005 martin@deepdance:~ -> dpkg -l | grep alsa ii alsa-base 1.0.9b-4 ALSA driver configuration files ii alsa-utils 1.0.9a-4 ALSA utilities On an ThinkPad T23 using these audio hardware and drivers: lscpi excerpt: 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) lsmod excerpt: snd_intel8x0 29728 1 snd_ac97_codec 84668 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss 50240 0 snd_mixer_oss 17600 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 81096 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 20836 1 snd_pcm snd 45124 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 8520 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm Regards, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de