I installed Slackware again and did all the correct procedure for sound instalation :
-uncomment the 1371 sound module (wich i know for shure it's the correct one because it was working three days ago)
-as root i set permissions for /dev/dsp ,mixer,audio,and sequencer (as always) chmod 777 /dev/ .......

but i'm having this problem (don't know what to call it) ;most of the time i try to play a song the whole xmms player blocks out and i can't do anything , not even close it ( i'm using KDE and i call xmms through the console ) as i write this i tried to play and it worked fine but most of times it doesn't . Can someone help me . this never happend since i managed to make the sound work. I read about a similar problem that had to do with memory leak ( some sort of bug on this xmms version), can this be it ? If yes , should i try to download a stable version ?

PS I heard about some text mode players , can anyone tell me of other players as i'm having similar problems with gqmpeg player also. Thank you very much for any help .

PS2 I have 256MB of RAM and 750Mhz proc. and would like to make the most of it . the reason i'm saying this is because i read that sometimes you have to enable ram memory size on command line for linux could not recognize it correctly . is this true ?

xmms has had bugs recently. xmms used to crash on my comp.

mpg123 is the one of the best text mode player I've seen
give it a try.

$free -m

what is the total mem it gives?

if it's 250 megs or so then it's alright.

total mem = ur mem - mem used by kernel

I hav 64 MB RAM and my kernel takes bout 3 megs of RAM

HTH

thanks a lot ,i got 149 MB of total RAM I guess is alright . I`m going to give a try on mpg123 .One question , how do i load songs on it ?

$mpg123 filename(s)

$man mpg123

for more details
HTH

mpg123 is pretty lame, IMO. it gives you very few options other than starting the song. of course, it is text based so that's to be expected.

i would search for a new graphical mp3 player, as you get many more options (pause, seek, search, a UI, etc). xmms dies on me every now and then like that too.... though it hasn't done it since i upgraded to the latest version.

www.freshmeat.net is a good site for linux apps
check it out

Thanks again , and as syncrm said xmms can be moody sometimes . Mine is now working fine , but i still want to try others and see .