>  I have artsd running on this install, but kmix cannot find any 
>sound backend running:
>
>
> 449 ?        S      0:03  \_ tdelauncher [tdeinit] --new-startup
>  460 ?        S      0:24  \_ twin [tdeinit] -session
>10d7cdd8c9000139108311200000009720000_1391
>  479 ?        S      1:32  \_ /opt/trinity/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 
>4096 -s 60 -m
>artsmessage -c drkonqi -l 3 -f
>
>  kmix has the red crossed-out circle over it in the tray and when 
>opened, you
>have no option of choosing any backend sound server. I have 
>screenshot of them
>both.
>
>  What should I attempt to try and get kmix working?

I've seen this before, when logging in with the same account 
between two systems that have different sound hardware.

Try terminating kmix, delete the two kmix* rc files, then start 
kmix.

Darrell