> hi and thanks for the help so far!, Sure.... > the hdsp module is loaded /sbin/lsmod: > snd-hdsp 46732 0 (autoclean) > > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [default ]: H-DSP - Hammerfall DSP > RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xfeae0000, irq 5 > > the motherboards intel sound chip has now disappeared but thats ok... It is possible to change /etc/modules.conf so that both drivers are loaded... > i ran alsaconf again and now and everything seems a lot healthier > the hdsploader works (the red Host light is now off) as does hdspconf and hdspmixer > > so everything looks fine but when i start pd it hangs for about 20 seconds and > then outputs the following errors, then quits. Try "pd -jack" to start it with audio directed to the Jack server. It is using the default which is ALSA, and ALSA is not available because it is being used by Jack :-) -- Fernando