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Deirdre Saoirse  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thinking I might try something less dramatic than mp3s, I tried playing
>CDs from the console, which works fine. However, I don't know if that's
>going through the sound driver or what (I have no kernel sound support).

Playing a CD usually happens using the sound card's analog mixer, not with
the sound output.

My guess is that your laptop is using power-saving features including
slowing down the CPU, and the MP3's aren't being decompressed fast enough.  
But that's only a guess.
-- 
Zygo Blaxell, Linux Engineer, Corel Corporation, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work),
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (play).  It's my opinion, I tell you! Mine! All MINE!
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