On the %load-path business, in the current Snd, you can see what files have been loaded in the 'Help:About Snd' info toward the bottom -- the variable holding this is 'snd-loaded-files'. I think the current version of snd_conffile.scm is ok -- you can check by running od -c snd_conffile.scm and look for \r\n -- it should be just \n.