It could be a buggy sound driver, or your sound driver might not be initlized properly. Double check the setting on your modules. Try mpg123 and see if it skips, see if xmms skips. Kill esd. If it doesn't skip in a differen't player the culprit is your player. If it does skip in other players it's likely a driver issue. The sound card you have is fairly well supported. If it's a driver issue it's probally because your driver module is not getting the correct DMA channel or IRQ. cat /proc/inturrputs cat /proc/dma See what shows up. Check /etc/modules.conf and see if the settings match. Hmmm, can't think of much else. -- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055