On Jan 27, 2008 9:37 PM, Norval Watson <norv2001(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: Its safe to ignore the dmix,dsnoop warnings IMO. I use skype via jack alsa plugin, idjc works, debian lenny 32bit, no idea if your situation is related to using 64 bit or not. Also, you dont need idjc to play music over skype. You can create your own PCM device in .asoundrc to use the jack plugin, and configure skype to use that device. Then in qjackctl you can connect the relevant capture ports to the skype PCM playback ports. Here's my skype section of .asoundrc: pcm.skype { type plug slave { pcm "configvoip" } } pcm.configvoip { type jack playback_ports { 0 alsa_pcm:playback_1 1 alsa_pcm:playback_2 } capture_ports { 0 alsa_pcm:capture_1 1 alsa_pcm:capture_1 } } I simply use the "skype" device in skype sound device config. Also, included with idjc is a script called idjcskype, thats what you'd execute to use skype with idjc (assuming you added the appropriate sections to .asoundrc per idjc docs), also requires artsd to have jack support (don't quote me but I think debian does, I know ubuntu doesn't) The idjcskype script handles all the autoconnecting of jack ports for skype when using it in conjunction with idjc. This way the jack port names are static, unlike the dynamic port names created by the alsa jack plugin, thus making the autoconnection possible. Frankly I find it easier and less system resourceful to use the above mentioned .asoundrc setup, and manually connect the jack ports once the skype call is placed. Any jack capable players output can then be connected to skype. YMMV, hope this helps... -- aRDy Music and Rick Dicaire present: http://www.ardynet.com http://www.ardynet.com:9000/ardymusic.ogg.m3u