Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately, any sound is running on my laptop. --michael
--- Félix Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > I have seen this kind of behaviour with a bad > configuration of the sound > card. Sometimes the program you are launching is > waiting for esd and the > timeout is set to 30sec or so. > Try to killall esd and launch the program. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com