On Tuesday 27 February 2007 22:41, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 27 February 2007, Mick wrote > > Blast! I spoke too soon. /usr/bin/play plays system sounds fine, but > > alsa will not mix them. > > Do you have an alsa configuration file (e.g. /etc/asoundrc)? I used dmix a > while back, and when it changed to being the default, my asoundrc broke > playback. You might try deleting (or at least removing any dmix/dsnoop > entries from) that file. Thanks Bo, Actually, I do not have an /etc/asoundrc. I used to have ~/.asoundrc which I moved to #/.asoundrc_OLD back then, when elog told me to do so. Subsequent updates did not recreate it - so I assume it is not needed anymore? -- Regards, Mick