> With the lsm module you shouldn\'t need to run anything as root to get > realtime privileges. What version of PD are you running? It might be > worth downloading the latest sources and compiling them with > \'./configure --enable-jack\' if you haven\'t already done so. Then try > running pd with \'pd -rt -jack\'. This should either work or give you some > informative error messages. Here is what I built pd-0.38-0test10 with (before I emailed linux-audio-users) ./configure --enable-alsa --enable-jack --enable-setuid Like I said, jackd loves realtime-lsm but pd cannot connect with jackd. My .pdrc looks like this: -jack -rt -path /usr/local/lib/pd/externs -path /home/wade/pd/general -path /home/wade/pd -lib zexy -lib Gem -mididev 1,2,3 -r 48000 -sounddev 3 -blocksize 1024 -channels 18 -audiobuf 8 thanks! -thewade