With Android 808's help
got the gtkgep interface working on n900...
now it is just figuring the mic to start pipe into gtkgep and then of course pipe to the output...the upper main window normally shows the expected route " /dev/dsp" ...
I do show the method for piping it through in the antiX instructions...
but I don't know if we have anything comparable to "oss-compat" which we can install...
there is mention of oss-compat via easy deb on n900 but it went unanswered and I'd imagine unresolved..
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=54756
I'm out of my depth concerning the intricacies of audio on the n8x0 / n900...and what it would entail to get it piping through properly...

I'm going to fiddle with an n810 and get it up to speed...see if I can get it to the same point as the n900..

update: everything installed without a hitch ..again ...but ..naw the optification is meant for the n900 so gtkgep still won't initiate on the n800...so am not too surprised there.