>> 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.
>> 
>Good thought. I killed it, removed the 
>.trinity/share/config/kmixrc and
>restarted. No change and no regeneration of kmixrc. I'll keep 
>poking at the
>underlying sound system to see if there is something there causing 
>the issue.

After deleting the two kmixrc* files, the default should be to 
autostart. If kmix is not autostarting, then try manually starting 
from the command line.

Darrell