On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 18:26 +0000, Michael T D Nelson wrote: > Rui Nuno Capela wrote: > > Have you tried whether switching off standard output capture on > > qjackctl/setup/options makes any difference on that "jackstart sync > > pipe" issue? > > I have now! :o) > > But no, it doesn't make a difference. All that happens now is that JACK > tries to start, and then stops, without the messages between. i just remembered something. this has happened to me twice so far. something in some package update (i don't know which package) can mess up the /etc/modules.conf file. the result is that the required kernel module for realtime-lsm does not load. i had to go in to the file with emacs, delete the "realtime" line and reenter it by hand (it ends up with binary characters present in the line, invisible to the naked eye). i discovered this by looking at /var/log/messages, and also by noting that "realtime" doesn't show up in lsmod's output. i wish i could spare the time to find out which package cause(s|d) this, but i can't. --p