Hi,

> Just to follow up, on a whim I decided to try power cycling
> the box... and now it works great.  Strange.

Very strange!

> For a while I was frustrated that I couldn't turn off the
> damn internal speaker, but I decided to do it the old
> fashioned way... I popped off the case and pulled the
> speaker leads.

Err use audioctl ... it's far nicer (although you'll never
be bugged by the evil squeeky speakers in them if you pull
the cable off ;).

- Chris.