Thanks Adrian and Andrew; On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 14:21 -0400, Adrian Irving-Beer wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:34:58PM -0400, William Case wrote: > > > If I turn my speakers on I get horrible squawking and static that > > seems to shadow all my keystrokes etc. > [snip] > In a PC, this interference should naturally be less, because stuff > isn't packed so close together. An onboard soundcard will have some > noise, though. How loud is this noise you report? Is it background > noise (relatively speaking), or very loud? Was very load. Now has returned to FC3 levels (see bottom) > > In your case, I would check the connectors. Make sure they're pushed > in *all* the way. I've seen connectors that don't *look* unplugged > but are making that same kind of noise; giving them a little extra > push locks them deep in place and stops the noise. The usual irony; Fedora/RedHat sent a patch for ALSA this morning by up2date. It Solved 80% of the problem but still minor squawks. I am going to try your suggestions now. Regards Bill P.S. I am using this OCLUG tech mailing list in an un-digest form. Its the first time that I haven't used a digest on any list. If I end up sending duplications or whatever would you let me know.