Ok, I don't want to make this game too easy.. but here is another hint. Look what I found in my syslog /var/log/syslog:Mar 26 22:32:17 localhost pulseaudio[4835]: module-esound-compat-spawnfd.c: WARNING: write(18, 1, 1) failed: Broken pipe any ideas? Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks Matteo