[LAU] qjackctl does not reflect state of jackd

Hi folks, I'm trying to build an audio logger, that can record from six different sources to separate files. I've been using the program rotter, and I thought it was working but have discovered that jackd crashed and recording was interrupted. Unfortunately this was not reflected by qjackctl, which is what I use to launch jackd. The qjackctl display showed that jackd was running, right down to the flashing "RT", but when I tried to launch meterbridge it complained that the jack server was not running. The instances of rotter that I launched were still running, but were making files of just a few bytes, with no audio in them. Is this a bug in qjackctl? I am using Arch, on a Pentium 4, and using a firewire interface (Edirol FA-101). -Steiny (415)819-2009