Mark Knecht wrote on Wed, 07-May-2003: > I cannot answer your technical question, but please keep in mind that if > you are using any real-time audio applications, such as those that use Jack, > then switching desktops while doing important audio things will cause clicks > and pops in your audio stream. In a properly tuned system, I don't think switching between virtual desktops in the window manager should have any impact on a realtime priority Jack. Nothing special happens here but a bit more X11 redrawing activity. Changing to one of the linux *console* virtual terminals from X is a different story, that has documented high probability of overrun. jlc