Start by updating from the restricted packages, then install pulseaudio which will pull in everything else you need. The network manager is flakey at best and wicd is a grand improvement. I don't understand why they picked such a worthless piece of software as the default. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Robin <<a href="mailto:dixiedancer@gmail.com">dixiedancer@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I am a newbie myself, but I found that I could not play mp3s until I had installed the xubuntu-restricted extras package. Look here (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu</a>) for some advice on getting multimedia stuff to work. I am curious about why you chose 9.04 when 9.10 is available and may offer better support (it solved a graphics problem I had given up on 9.04). Mine came with most of the networking and shutdown stuff already in the toolbar. I have heard that the network manager called "wicd" works much better with most wireless connections than the default does. It is in the repositories and easily installed using Synaptic Package Manager. Omygosh... a newbie giving advice! 8-) -Robin -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>