<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//DE"><HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><TITLE>Message</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>> Adding more packages before fixing the problem complicates things a bit but do > you have Control Center on your release? If so in "Sound and Multimedia" > then "System Notifications" there is a button to turn on all sounds. Not that I can see.. It's Jaunty. So I have a bunch of control panels under Preferences and then another bunch under Administration. However if I open an command prompt and type gnome-control-center then a panel opens up. In there is no 'Sount and Multimedia', just 'Sound'. In here I can choose a bunch of sound systems like ALSA and OSS and a bunch more (why so many.. ) I tried them all and when I select OSS and hit 'test' then I do hear a tone. But also with OSS selected I still don't have system sounds or sounds in music or video players. :( --  <a href="http://adserver.freenet.de/click.ng/site=fn&prod=chetools&kat=inhalte&tbl=webmail&ppos=14&TransactionID=1242140622158044&rgtg=256" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.freenet.de/image.ng/site=fn&prod=chetools&kat=inhalte&tbl=webmail&ppos=14&TransactionID=1242140622158044&rgtg=256" border="0"></a> </BODY></HTML>