Turns out jackd wasn't the problem at all. I neglected to add the user to the audio group and once that was fixed everything including other multimedia packages now work as expected. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.