Hi Chen Slightly quicker, in the venue client, 'preferences' menu you can 'disable audio' then 'enable audio'. One less layer of python to jump through :-/
Quickest version: note down the venue addresses (multicast group/port) for audio, and have a terminal window open in the folder where the rat executable is unpacked, and the rat start command typed in appropriately configured - when it crashes just hit <enter>... (and then reset the command line). I've done that in crucial meetings.... What kind of crash are you seeing? Random stops, or pop-up alerts about mbus problems? The latter is well known, and can come from excessive mouse events (tinkering with settings) amongst others. Random stops I've seen on various 64bit systems - where the UI remains up but gets ignored. I understand there are also some easy remote DoS attacks against rat :-) Cheers, Markus At 06:26 PM 9/08/2006 +1000, Chen Reed wrote: >It's a Creative Audigy 2 ZS. I'll try switching to the on-board audio. > >Thanks for the RAT restart instructions :) > >Kind regards, > >Chen. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nathan Gardiner >[<mailto:nathan.gardi...@canterbury.ac.nz>mailto:nathan.gardi...@canterbury.ac.nz] >Sent: Wed 8/9/2006 5:57 PM >To: Chen Reed; ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov >Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] RAT - Random crashing > >Go to "Manage my node" under the Preferences menu in the client and >right mouse click on audioservice and select disable. Then when it turns >to disabled right mouse click on it again and click enable. This should >restart RAT again without you having to restart the client. > >As for RAT randomly crashing, you may want to check which audio card >you're using. RAT is a bit picky as to what type of audio card it can >work 100% with. > > >Regards, >Nathan Gardiner > >________________________________ > >From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov >[<mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov>mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On >Behalf Of Chen Reed >Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2006 6:33 p.m. >To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov >Subject: [AG-TECH] RAT - Random crashing > > > >Hi folks, > > > >I'm experiencing random crashes of the RAT and would like to know both >how to restart the RAT without restarting the whole client and also >where to start looking to diagnose the cause of the crashing! > > > >I would investigate the slow way, but I am stuck in the middle of a week >of near back-to-back meetings and need a quick-fix. > > > >Thanks for any help. > > > >Kind regards, > > > >Chen. > > > >Australasian CRC for Interaction Design > >Network and Systems Manager > >Tel: 07 3337 7828 > >email: c...@acid.net.au > > > Markus Buchhorn, ANU Internet Futures |Ph: +61 2 61258810 markus.buchh...@anu.edu.au |Fx: +61 2 61259805 The Australian National University, Canberra 0200 |Mob: 0417 281429