Thanks for this! Interesting thread. I kind of came to the same conclusions via the method of trial and error. I'm currently compiling a tutorial on building 'curatorial friendly' boxes for art students...so this discussion helps a lot...
Question: Is fluxbox necessary? X alone has been working fine for me although troubleshooting can be a pain... Question #2: On PPC/linux how does one turn OFF 'hibernate/sleep'. Suggestions? Thanks again! mark --- Derek Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ben, Alexandre, > > I think Alex is worried about his file system. The > answer is simple: > > 1) Mount all drives read-only in /etc/fstab > 2) Put a startup script so that whenever the machine > is booted, it > starts your patch (check PD archives for this, there > was lots of > discussion. My solution is pasted below***) > 3) Museum/gallery people can *never* be bothered to > learn how to > start/stop things safely, so if you do the above > they can hit the power > button/turn off the circuitbreaker/pull the plug/do > whatever to it every > night and you shouldn't have any problems. I've run > several > installations in this way before. > > best, > d. > > *** I used .xinitrc to start everything: > > #~/.xinitrc > # make sure your system is set up so that X starts > when the machine > boots, and it autologs you as this user! > # first set LADSPA_PATH for [plugin~] > # open alsamixer to set soundcard levels > # make sure jackd isn't running already by killing > it > # start jackd [if PD uses it in your case] > # start pd [optional: use -open > /path/to/installation.patch.pd if it's > not in your ~/.pdrc or ~/.pdsettings] > > export LADSPA_PATH=/usr/lib/ladspa > fluxbox & > xterm -exec alsamixer & > killall jackd & > jackd -d alsa r 44100 & > pd > > # end ~/.xinitrc > > B. Bogart wrote: > > > Are you worried about wearing out the HW? > (mechanical parts?) > > >> The whole idea behind this is to avoid to > suddenly turn off > >> the computer, which would probably corrupt the > file system at some > >> point. Of course I use GNU/Linux : probably > Ubuntu Server or Debian. > > > -- > derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: > http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista > ---Oblique Strategy # 169: > "Use filters" > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > ____________________ mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m megrimm.net | socialmediagroup.org & .com [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 585.509.8703 ______________________________ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
