I'm in troubles with Jack: # jackstart -R -P1 -dalsa -dvia82xx -r44100 -p1024 -n2 -m -P jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details loading driver .. apparent rate = 44100 creating alsa driver ... via82xx|-|1024|2|44100|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit configuring for 44100Hz, period = 1024 frames, buffer = 2 periods Couldn't open via82xx for 32bit samples trying 24bit instead Couldn't open via82xx for 24bit samples trying 16bit instead Sorry. The audio interface "via82xx" doesn't support any of the hardware sample formats that JACK's alsa-driver can use. ALSA: cannot configure playback channel cannot load driver module alsa My Machine: Debian Sarge Kernel 2.6.8 with realtime-lsm modules Via82xx ( VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) ) Alsa modules are loaded with the default configuration by www.alsa-project.org documentation. -- Lorenzo