Hi Giacomo! Have you installed the appropriate sound package? (sounds-au (standards-version 1.0 version "1.02" author-version "21.0" date "1998-06-30" build-date "1998-07-09" maintainer "XEmacs Development Team <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt;&quot; distribution stable priority high category "libs" dump nil description "XEmacs Sun sound files." filename "sounds-au-1.02-pkg.tar.gz" md5sum "061ab67267c7cdfe37472141130d19ff" size 125736 provides () requires () type regular )) (sounds-wav (standards-version 1.0 version "1.02" author-version "21.0" date "1998-06-30" build-date "1998-07-09" maintainer "XEmacs Development Team <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt;&quot; distribution stable priority high category "libs" dump nil description "XEmacs Microsoft sound files." filename "sounds-wav-1.02-pkg.tar.gz" md5sum "c970808088c408bfd780dc8466a848b3" size 148621 provides () requires () type regular )) See also my recent mail to xemacs-patches to enable sound in sample.emacs for mswindows. HTH, Adrian giacomo> (insert (pp sound-load-alist)) ((load-sound-file giacomo> "drum-beep" 'drum) (load-sound-file "quiet-beep" 'quiet) giacomo> (load-sound-file "bass-snap" 'bass 80) (load-sound-file giacomo> "whip" 'whip 70) (load-sound-file "cuckoo" 'cuckoo) giacomo> (load-sound-file "yeep" 'yeep) (load-sound-file "hype" giacomo> 'hype 100)) giacomo> most of these files are not in default-sound-directory, giacomo> i.e., /usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.2-b1/packages/etc/sounds/ -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com