Dale: >I would try alsa. It works fine here.
Also here. >I can play music and still hear all the other sounds that come along, Also here. >such as getting emails That's the only one which doesn't work. >and such. 'and such' also works here. *g* alsa is enabled in the kernel and i have these packages installed: hafi@i5_64 ~ $ eix -I --only-names alsa media-libs/alsa-lib media-sound/alsa-headers media-sound/alsa-utils media-sound/alsaplayer May it be that you have other packages regarding alsa installed also? If the notification works for you and you are only using alsa, then perhaps... :) Hartmut -- Usenet-ABC-Wiki http://www.usenet-abc.de/wiki/ Von Usern fuer User :-)