Ardour and Jack in Suse 9.1

Hey everyone

I'm running SuSE 9.1 and am trying to get Ardour and Jack to work
properly.  I used Yast to install Ardour, while Jack just came installed
already.  I started Jack using the following commmand:

$ sudo jackd -d alsa -d hw:1

and Adrour with this command:

$ sudo ardour

I tried jackstart, but it apparently could not find that command.

In Ardour I can record, but the sound is distorted.  Also, when
monitoring the output of my M Audio Delta 44 sound card, the output is
delayed compared to the input.

How should I go about getting better sound?  Do I have to recompile the
kernel?  Do I need to add a patch?

Thanks for any help with this.  Sorry, when it comes to Linux audio I'm
a bit of a noob...

Ben