hi jonathan, Jonathan Segel wrote: > jack 0.98 and alsa 1.0.5 installed, kernel is 2.6.4 > even qjackctl installed! yay. but jack can't connect to the client, or > even if i manage to get settings that will connect and alsa pcm of hw:0 > shows up in the connections, no sound comes out. At your inspiration, I upgraded my Powerbook Pismo to 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 and Alsa 1.0.5 to see if it worked for me. It did, *but* I had to downgrade jack to 0.94 to get it working! NO settings, manual or in Qjackctl, would get anything but a segfault with jack 0.98. So you might try that... My jack incantation this time was: jackd -d alsa -d hw -S -r 44100 -p 4096 Still no sound in however, just noise, and the only control worth messing with in alsamixer is the one for "PC Speaker". You never did mention what Mac you are trying this on. You might get better help with a bit more info on your setup ;-) Also, you might consider trying an external soundcard, even if it's only one of those silly little USB IMics. best, d. -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ---Oblique Strategy # 66: "Emphasize repetitions"