Jack doesn't start

Hi,

I’m running OpenSuse 11.0 on a Thinkpad X31 with the internal soundcard addressed via ALSA. However, whenever I try to start Qjackctl, it won’t start and gives the following message:

Cannot connect to server socket err = Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
22:40:40.443 ALSA connection change.
22:40:47.699 Startup script…
22:40:47.700 artsshell -q terminate
Cannot connect to server socket err = Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
sh: artsshell: command not found
22:40:48.106 Startup script terminated with exit status=32512.
22:40:48.107 JACK is starting…
22:40:48.107 /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r44100 -p64 -n2
/usr/bin/jackd: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/jackd: undefined symbol: _jack_get_microseconds
22:40:48.113 JACK was started with PID=7240.
22:40:48.114 JACK was stopped with exit status=127.
22:40:48.114 Post-shutdown script…
22:40:48.114 killall jackd
jackd: Kein Prozess abgebrochen
22:40:48.544 Post-shutdown script terminated with exit status=256.
22:40:50.212 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Unable to connect to server. Please check the messages window for more info.
Cannot connect to server socket err = Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started

Can anyone help me out on this? I’m pretty clueless.

Bst, k.

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