Emanuele Rusconi <ema...@gmail.com> [15-05-20 19:36]: > On 20 May 2015 at 18:23, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > ...and confusion reaches the head of great Jack D. and > > from his mouth the words were heard: > > > > #>sudo /etc/init.d/jackd restart > > * Starting JACK Daemon ... > > * JACK daemon can't be started! Check logfile: /var/log/jackd.log > > [ !! ] > > * ERROR: jackd failed to start > > [1] 6210 exit 1 sudo /etc/init.d/jackd restart > > > > ...but none of his words, which were good and wise in the past, were > > written down for those who came after him: > > > > #>ls -l /var/log/jackd.log > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2015-05-20 18:18 /var/log/jackd.log > > > > And the children - left alone in the dark of this ancient machine - > > stared into the empty LED eyes of their grandmaster not knowing > > to where to go and whether to flee or stand still... > > > > "Help - Oh help us brotheren of the Gentoo! Help!" > > they cried. > > > > How does the ancient seer answer to this cunning riddle? > # sudo lsof /dev/snd/* > > From the answer of the oracle we will know where our fate lies, > if the whimsical God of Knowledge will smile upon us. > > -- Emanuele Rusconi
(it become really fun to create Koans from problems! Nice and positive way to walk down the way to the solution...<grin) While it was calm and silent on the surface of the system and the spirit of nothing moves across the face of the tasklist, the ancient seer spake lsof /dev/snd/* and an echo from the far answered: /root>lsof /dev/snd/* COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME volumeico 4231 mccramer 8u CHR 116,2 0t0 4554 /dev/snd/controlC0 jackd 6539 mccramer mem CHR 116,3 4555 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p jackd 6539 mccramer mem CHR 116,4 4556 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c jackd 6539 mccramer 8u CHR 116,2 0t0 4554 /dev/snd/controlC0 jackd 6539 mccramer 10u CHR 116,3 0t0 4555 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p jackd 6539 mccramer 11u CHR 116,4 0t0 4556 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c jackd 6539 mccramer 12u CHR 116,1 0t0 2052 /dev/snd/seq [1] 15019 exit 1 lsof /dev/snd/* And again the great Jack D. displays its mighty so that all follows him and no one and nothing leads him. A lone voice in system he is...
