update: installed alsa drivers, libs and utilities following directions from this sitehttp://alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=VIA&card=&chip=via8233a&module=via82xx#Inst
typed in xmms from the terminal and I noticed that it seems to be running, but no sound ... then it closes by itself with the warning error: ------------------------- elijah@Valhalla:/etc/modutils$ xmms ** WARNING **: mmap_commit Numerical argument out of domain Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x1e84)! Gdk-ERROR **: Fatal IO error 9 (Bad file descriptor) on X server :0.0. ------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]