Thanks for the help so far. I will use the onboard card for general sound and the M2496 for Jack. I have read two sound cards is a good way to be able to have pulse and Jack running on the same box. I have learned from the Internet how to get Jack started. A couple of small config details and Jack is now running and hydrogen connects to it. The message window states: cannot lock down memory for RT thread(Cannot allocate memory) and I get a lot of xrun errors. In one of the first starts it was indicated to change the /etc/security/limits.conf file. Then add myself to the audio user group. Within these first attempts to start Jack there was something indicated about the possibility of these xrun errors. The RT letters in the Jack Audio Connection Kit window blink meaning ? Real time is OK? My Patchbay is empty. This is likely a bad thing, I think. I have no output from the M2496. For the last couple hours I have been in Fedora Forums, jackaudio.org and sourceforge without finding what I hoped would be written for Jack Audio. If you guys know of some good sources for info on Jack, I and my wife would be very appreciative. Namaste, Kevin Tough ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user