Quote Originally Posted by Travdecool
also, if i try to play an mp3 it comes up with a little message:

Please check that:

1.You have the correct output plugin selected
2. no other program is blocking the soundcard
3. Your soundcard is configured properly

dunno how to do any 3 of those, lol, i know iknow what your saying, this guy's an idiot, buy hey this is my first time ever experimenting with linux, any ideas anyone?
Try from a console window (clam shell icon on the taskbar) ps xa | grep arts to get the number of the artsd process then kill the_number_of_the_process. You may also want to try booting with the cheat code knoppix alsa at the boot: prompt to use the alsa sound system.