I'm writing something (as an applet within the appletviewer or Linux Netscape 4.5) that downloads and plays an audio clip. For this, I need to determine if there's a sound card installed in the system: if there isn't, I beep using the speaker. Can anyone suggest a way of finding if there's a sound card installed ? It would be nicest if I didn't have to break any applet security rules, though I can do that if absolutely necessary. (I thought of reading /dev/sndstat, but I'd prefer that the approach also be cross-platform). Apologies if the question is off-topic... Many thanks, Hari. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hari Selvarajan email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nilgiri Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ootacamund - 643 001 India. Phone: +91-0423-44680 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]