On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 03:14:27PM +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote: > I'm currently setting up an audio system on Debian sarge. > The system will be used for audio work only. > > My sound hardware is RME Multiface and the PCI card. > Of course I want ALSA and JACK. > > I wonder which kernel version I should try first, 2.4.?? (which one) > or a 2.6.0 test kernel? I'm fine with kernel source from kernel.org > and don't need a debianised kernel source. > kernel-source-2.4.21 is the latest available in Debian unstable, so you could just get that one, as well as alsa-source, kernel-patch-2.4-lowlatency, kernel-patch-2.4-preempt. You probably also want to apply the capability patch (manually, see jack docs @ jackit.sf.net). I think this is the kernel setup that most people use. For the 2.6.0-test series, you should get the latest from kernel.org, since the Debian packackes are some weeks behind. cheers, Christian Henz