Thanks for your quick answer. Using '-P' works.
'jackd -d alsa' also works if I plug in a physical microphone - I guess it was the case when I used jackd last time. - Sylvain On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 07:19:07PM +0200, Adrian Knoth wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 09:41:32PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > > Hi! > > > Package: jackd2 > > Version: 1.9.5~dfsg-19 > > Severity: important > > > > I get an infinite loop when starting jackd. > > Your infinite loop is caused by jackd not being able to establish > sustained operation. > > Most likely, your record source is set to digital and nothing is > connect to your digital-in (you might even don't have such a port). > Consequently, no IRQ is generated and hence to jackd capture callbacks > are not triggered in time, so in every cycle, there is no data to read > which in turn is treated as an xrun. > > You have a couple of options: firstly, make sure to select something > like "mic in" or "mix" in your alsamixer as the capture source. > > You could also use "jackd -d alsa -P" to use playback-only mode if you > don't need capture ports. This should instantly give you a working > jackd. > > Third option: run jackd -d dummy and then use alsa_in and alsa_out to > add your physical ports to this virtual jackd. > > Forth option: play with jackd options to find out which one is causing > trouble. > > On my laptop, I have exactly the same jackd package with the same > soundcard, and it's working fine. I'm hence closing the bug, there's > nothing wrong or anything changed with jackd itself, it the usual jackd > setup trouble. ;) > > > HTH > > -- > mail: [email protected] http://adi.thur.de PGP/GPG: key via keyserver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
