I found that sometimes I had to start pd, then jack, then select jack. Which of course may not help you but it avoided the booting with jack first. I also found that sometimes jack was left running by something else and sometimes just selecting ALSA, then back to FIREWIRE seemed to clear things. I do not know why. Maybe stuff fell asleep on
On 7/8/11 12:57 PM, "cyrille henry" <[email protected]> wrote: >hello, > >i need help to understand a major problem i had today. > >i'm unsing a old computer for a project, running ubuntu linux 10.04, with >a presonus FP10 fire wire soundcard with jack. >everything was running fine for weeks when we worked on this project. >i boot this computer 3 days ago, start pd and everything was working wey >well for all rehearsal. >(i did not close pd since) > > >the problem i've experience is that pd freeze during the performance. > > >(fortunately, it was 10 000 Km away from where i'm living so i have no >friend on the audience) >This is my 1st unexpected pd freeze (when i'm not on edit mode) since i >begin using pd, 11 years ago. >i'm running pd vanilla with almost no externals >thanks to Murphy's law, it occur in performance, and not in rehearsal. > >worst of all : i don't know what is the problem, and can't make things >work again. > >So, the 1st thing i could imagine is a hardware problem, since the >software was tested for month. >(This patch work for weeks without closing pd, and this pd installation >run for 8 month for an installation). > >fact are : >- after rebooting the computer/soundcard etc, jack start and works >- audacity can connect to jack. >- pd crash on start-up if started with jack. >- i do not change anything about pd >- i did not physically touch the computer for the last 10 minutes before >the freeze (everything is automatized) >- this computer is not connected to internet, i did not do any update >since it was stable. >- the soundcard works OK on an other computer on osX. > >i'll use another computer for tomorrow performance, and i'll have more >time to understand the problem when i'll be back home, however i would >really appreciate to understand as soon as possible what could cause a >huge problem like what i experience today. > >So, with that mail i share my shame with you, but i also really apreciate >to have some pointer about what to test in order to understand the >problem. >Why pd can't connect to jack anymore, since jack work and noting was >change about pd? >and why this occure during a live performance... > > >thanks for your consideration, > >cheers >Cyrille (sad) > >_______________________________________________ >[email protected] mailing list >UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
