<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.24.1.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 and pulseaudio is now the default. I have finally managed to get the optical output to work, but have encountered a problem. When I use amarok as the 'super user' (ie. the user who installed ubuntu) everything works as expected. When I use amarok as any other user, I get (occasional) skipping. The skipping seems to occur around every 70-80 seconds. I have followed the instructions in 'The Perfect setup', but nothing eliminates the skipping. I have create a new user to ensure it;s not some leftover configuration, but am getting the same problem. All users are member of the pulseaudio-xxx groups. I'd appreciate any suggestions I can try to eliminate this. Thanks Leo </BODY> </HTML>