Hi, in my archlinuxppc I have some problem playing sound... for example: mpg321 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave No default libao driver available. aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave aplay: main:545: audio open error: No such file or directory mplayer /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Left.wav work OK my sound card is snd-powermac, package I have: alsautils, alsalib, libao,... module loaded: snd-aoa snd-aoa-fabric-layout snd-powermac... thankyou sacarde@tiscali.it