I soon hope to play with SDR (Software Defined Radio) and it seems jack could be helpful with that stuff. Do apps have to be jack aware? "qjackctl" says it's connected and "Rolling", but I lose sound in skype while it's running. # aplay /home/lancelot/.echolinux/connect.wav ALSA lib pulse.c:272:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused aplay: main:590: audio open error: Connection refused Messages:- 03:07:15.352 Patchbay deactivated. 03:07:15.403 Statistics reset. 03:07:15.953 ALSA connection graph change. 03:07:19.809 ALSA connection change. 03:07:24.406 Startup script... 03:07:24.406 artsshell -q terminate 03:07:25.904 Startup script terminated with exit status=256. 03:07:25.904 JACK is starting... 03:07:25.904 /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r48000 -p1024 -n2 03:07:25.908 JACK was started with PID=26323. jackd 0.109.2 Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others. jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details JACK compiled with System V SHM support. loading driver .. apparent rate = 48000 creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit control device hw:0 configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames (21.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit little-endian ALSA: use 2 periods for capture ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit little-endian ALSA: use 2 periods for playback 03:07:28.140 Server configuration saved to "/root/.jackdrc". 03:07:28.141 Statistics reset. 03:07:28.256 Client activated. 03:07:28.257 JACK connection change. 03:07:28.333 JACK connection graph change. 03:07:58.323 Transport start. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org