When I start qsynth I get this message: Do you have jack installed and running? On Gentoo jack isn't installed by default and I am not too familiar with Gentoo to get you to do it. But going down the lane, by your question, I need to ask you the following: Are you a beginner in the Linux Audio world? If yes, and you are just starting with Linux audio, I could recommend that you search and try some distros that are maybe easier to handle at the beginning? Like Ubuntu Studio, or AVLinux? -- Viktor Mastoridis Music-o-Graph & Educator www.MediTera.Co.Uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user