[linux-audio-user] Connecting alsaplayer to jack

[David L. Craig]

I've gotten jack to run via sudo on my Gentoo system but when
I attempt sudo alsaplayer -r -o jack I get:

Failed to load output plugin "jack". Trying defaults.

I'm guessing I'm missing an ebuild, but I think I have all the
right ones with "jack in the name, as emerge --search jack yields:

[ Results for search key : jack ]
[ Applications found : 12 ]
 
*  app-crypt/jacksum
      Latest version available: 1.6.0
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 401 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.jonelo.de/java/jacksum/
      Description: Java utility for computing and verifying checksums: CRC*, MD*, RIPEMD*, SHA*, TIGER*, WHIRLPOOL
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-libs/bio2jack
      Latest version available: 0.4
      Latest version installed: 0.4
      Size of downloaded files: 466 kB
      Homepage:    http://bio2jack.sourceforge.net/
      Description: A library for porting blocked I/O OSS/ALSA audio applications to JACK
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-libs/libjackasyn
      Latest version available: 0.10
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 69 kB
      Homepage:    http://gige.xdv.org/soft/libjackasyn
      Description: An application/library for connecting OSS apps to Jackit.
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-plugins/alsa-jack
      Latest version available: 1.0.10_rc1
      Latest version installed: 1.0.10_rc1
      Size of downloaded files: 190 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.alsa-project.org/
      Description: JACK pcm plugin
      License:     GPL-2 LGPL-2.1

*  media-plugins/xmms-jack
      Latest version available: 0.10
      Latest version installed: 0.10
      Size of downloaded files: 569 kB
      Homepage:    http://xmms-jack.sourceforge.net/
      Description: a jack audio output plugin for XMMS
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-sound/jack
      Latest version available: 3.0.0
      Latest version installed: 3.0.0
      Size of downloaded files: 304 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.home.unix-ag.org/arne/jack/
      Description: A frontend for several cd-rippers and mp3 encoders
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit
      Latest version available: 0.99.0-r1
      Latest version installed: 0.99.0-r1
      Size of downloaded files: 705 kB
      Homepage:    http://jackit.sourceforge.net/
      Description: A low-latency audio server
      License:     GPL-2 LGPL-2.1

*  media-sound/jack-rack
      Latest version available: 1.4.3
      Latest version installed: 1.4.3
      Size of downloaded files: 337 kB
      Homepage:    http://arb.bash.sh/~rah/software/jack-rack/
      Description: JACK Rack is an effects rack for the JACK low latency audio API.
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-sound/qjackconnect
      Latest version available: 0.0.3b-r1
      Latest version installed: 0.0.3b-r1
      Size of downloaded files: 11 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.suse.de/~mana/jack.html
      Description: A QT based patchbay for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
      License:     GPL-2

*  media-sound/qjackctl
      Latest version available: 0.2.14
      Latest version installed: 0.2.14
      Size of downloaded files: 229 kB
      Homepage:    http://qjackctl.sf.net/
      Description: A Qt application to control the JACK Audio Connection Kit and ALSA sequencer connections.
      License:     GPL-2

*  net-dns/dnshijacker
      Latest version available: 1.3-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 23 kB
      Homepage:    http://pedram.redhive.com/projects.php
      Description: a libnet/libpcap based packet sniffer and spoofer
      License:     GPL-2

*  net-misc/klapjack [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 0.4.2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 559 kB
      Homepage:    http://klapjack.sourceforge.net/
      Description: KDE client for the online journal site LiveJournal
      License:     GPL-2

I'm running kernel 2.6.14-r4 if it matters.  Any thoughts on what
my problem might be?

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