You will want to try "alsaconfig" or "sndconfig" to properly set up your sound card. Personally, I would try "alsaconfig" first, since it seems you have a PCI sound card. "sndconfig" is more useful with older onboard sound cards or ISA sound cards. If you don't want to dink around loading the proper modules to get MP3s to play, then might I suggest going to Mandrake9.1 or 9.2? Mandrake is based off of RedHat and has a similar "look & feel" and yet doesn't restrict the MP3 playback. If you don't have a cable modem, you could always give me a call/visit. I have a lot of distributions on CDR, including Mandrake9.1. Rodney G. Garayt wrote: > Hello, > I just did a new install of RH9 and one of the first things I noticed > was the lack of a jingle when logging on. Is there one? I like RH for > the most part. It seems a bit easier to use then Mandrake 8.1 which I > was using previously but Mandrake was easier for configuring things. My > second question has to do with mp3s. I tried to play an mp3 on xmms (I > think that was the player I chose, looked like it anyway) and I got a > message about some legal crap and it refused to play the song. What's > going on? How do I play mp3s and how do I make sure that my sound card > is configured correctly... or whatever it is that is not allowing me to > hear sound. I've got a Creative SB Live sound card. > -- Todd Young 7079 Dawn Ave. E. Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list