No sound with xfsound - ??

[ewan]

> xfsound is spawned by the panel, so it should not be the problem. Check
> out that no other program is already grabbing the sound device, like
> artsd or esd.

Seems not. Here's the output from a ps dump, hope that can give a clue:

PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:04 init
    3 ?        00:00:00 keventd
    4 ?        00:17:02 kapm-idled
    5 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd_CPU0
    6 ?        00:00:00 kswapd
    7 ?        00:00:00 kreclaimd
    8 ?        00:00:00 bdflush
    9 ?        00:00:00 kupdated
   10 ?        00:00:00 mdrecoveryd
   80 ?        00:00:00 devfsd
  805 ?        00:00:00 portmap
  827 ?        00:00:00 syslogd
  836 ?        00:00:00 klogd
  861 ?        00:00:00 rpc.statd
  956 ?        00:00:00 atd
  992 ?        00:00:00 xinetd
 1147 ?        00:00:00 gpm
 1244 ?        00:00:00 postmaster
 1296 ?        00:00:00 crond
 1317 ?        00:00:00 safe_mysqld
 1354 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1356 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1357 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1358 ?        00:00:00 mysqld
 1359 ?        00:00:00 miniserv.pl
 1383 ?        00:00:03 xfs
 1491 tty1     00:00:00 mingetty
 1492 tty2     00:00:00 mingetty
 1493 tty3     00:00:00 mingetty
 1494 tty4     00:00:00 mingetty
 1495 tty5     00:00:00 mingetty
 1496 tty6     00:00:00 mingetty
 1497 ?        00:00:00 kdm
 1508 ?        00:02:56 X
 1509 ?        00:00:00 kdm
 1578 ?        00:00:00 startxfce
 1595 ?        00:00:01 medusa-idled
 1639 ?        00:00:02 imwheel
 1644 ?        00:00:08 xfwm
 1646 ?        00:00:02 xscreensaver
 1647 ?        00:00:00 xfsound
 1649 ?        00:00:03 xfce
 1659 ?        00:00:00 xfsound
 1660 ?        00:00:00 xfpager
 1661 ?        00:00:00 xfgnome
 1669 ?        00:02:24 netscape-commun
 1686 ?        00:00:00 netscape-commun
 1856 ?        00:00:00 xterm.real
 1859 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 1890 ?        00:00:01 xterm.real
 1893 pts/1    00:00:00 bash
 1993 pts/1    00:00:00 ps


> Try "xfsound -i" so see, first if sounds are enabled, if sound files are
> defined and at last if you click "play", something happens.

They are enabled, sound files have been defined for "destroy window" at
least, but clicking play produces nothin. One funny thing though: I
tried, out of desperation, to configure my sound card via hardrake.
After a run of that, suddenly the sound was on! However, it is my
experience that it doesn't last after a reboot.... Can that be a clue?

Btw, thanks a lot for the quick reply to those that responded

Ewan