Jim - I may have missed it, but I think you said only that it "doesn't work" but didn't elaborate. Does running the script result in any error messages? Or does it appear to work but not have the desired effect? Is your script file executable? i.e. are the x permission bits set in the output of "ls -l filename"? Could it be that you're expecting your script to be in your PATH, and it isn't e.g. if you run prompt% scriptname does it say command not found? Do you need to run it with ./scriptname? You mentioned that you want it to be clickable. I'm relatively unfamiliar with alsa, but is it possible it needs something from the environment that isn't available when clicked? It's likely something relatively simple, but more details would likely help narrow it doen. Hope that helps John