John Ouzts wrote: > I just did a fresh Gentoo 1.4 install in a new machine with an RME 96/8 PAD > card, which uses the rme96 driver. System sounds now come to my hifi system > through the rme card, so I think the driver is loading and working. > > I cannot get Audacity or Ardour to record, however. Audacity works fine in the > same machine when using the monopolist's operating system, however. Running > on that partition, Audacity finds 11 or 12 sound devices, the 8 RME channels > and the builtin VIA sound chip devices. Under Linux, Audacity only finds > /dev/dsp, and sometimes not that. > > How do I get Audacity to see other devices, or is that my problem? > > John > This seems like a simple(tm) setup problem. Can you send us the output of... lsmod; cat /proc/asound/cards That will give us an overview of your setup. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman