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? -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'" --from _Nightfall_ by Asimov/Silverberg