On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 12:43 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:55 AM, JohnS <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ok then just a question to solve my thinking. What type of machine is > > this as in Brand. > > It's a custom-built desktop tower from Monarch Computer Systems, who > seems to have gone out of business almost exactly two years ago. I'd > forgotten how long I've had this box. > > > The one I'm see the problem on is a HP 400Mhz Celeron > > 254MB of ram. > > P4 @ 3GHz w/ 2GB here. Well that solves my wonders. Yours is way faster than my clients. > > What is the mixer your using? > > /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 from gnome-applets-2.8.0-9.el4 > > > You may can > > try looking at the Sound Preferences Devices Tab to change the options > > there to see if that will help. > > I'm on CentOS 4. There is no "Devices" tab on Sound Preferences. > System Settings -> Soundcard Detection locks up on the test sound, > just like any other app ... Ahh.. Hmm If it helps my client has 4.7 and when he/she run mplayer that's when the same problem starts. It happens with and app that plays audio. Let me look tonight to see what exact mixer/driver my clients is using so I don't tell you a tail. JohnStanley