yes, please stick it on the bug tracker if that's ok, looks like a bug to me!

2010/2/27 grant centauri <[email protected]>:
> I've had a problem launching Amsynth as well, on more than one machine.
> Here's the error I get:
>
> amSynth 1.2.0
> Copyright 2001-2006 Nick Dowell and others.
> amSynth comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
> cannot load JACK library
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> ALSA: cannot open audio device default
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> ALSA: cannot open audio device default
> <OSSAudioDriver> error: could not open dsp device /dev/dsp
> error: could not find "auto" audio driver
> *** buffer overflow detected ***: amsynth terminated
>
> then on the very bottom of a list of various .so files i get this:
>
> 0364a000-03650000 r-xp 00000000 00:10 158
> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.10.1.so
> 03650000-03651000 r--p 00005000 00:10 158
> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.10.1.so
> 03651000-03652000 rw-p 00006000 00:10 158
> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.10.1.so
> 0403e000-04082000 r-xp 00000000 00:10 1614
> /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.14.0
> 04082000-04084000 r--p 00043000 00:10 1614
> /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.14.0
> 04084000-04085000 rw-p 00045000 00:10 1614
> /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.14.0zsh: abort      amsynth
>
>
> I'm not sure if this would help solve the problem, is it a bug that should
> be reported?
>
> -grant
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Dan S <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi bryan -
>>
>> 2010/2/27 bryan eubanks <[email protected]>:
>> > using puredyne off of bootstick i made with unetbootin. doing both of
>> > these
>> > on a eee pc 900ha and having a few problems and some general questions.
>> > i
>> > hope they can be answered here before i do a full install.
>> > Pd exhibits some audio problems, sounds okay, but when first booted up
>> > it is
>> > runnign through jack and there are DIO errors all over. running through
>> > alsa
>> > is okay.
>>
>> I'm not familiar with DIO errors but a bit of searching suggests it's
>> something to do with contention for the soundcard I/O - do you know?
>>
>> Anyway as a first stab, change the jack settings so there's more
>> latency but more buffering - e.g. increase the block size
>> ("frames/period"), I forget what the default is but if it's 256 for
>> example then try 512 or 1024.
>>
>> I wonder if it's the hard-drive or something like that causing the
>> contention. If so then it's possible to tweak priorities... but it
>> takes quite a bit of probing to work out what's going on. If you want
>> to probe the issue in detail then install "latencytop" a rather clever
>> command-line tool that will try and spot which components are causing
>> latency in the system.
>>
>>
>> > Kluppe can't connect to Jack,
>>
>> I'm not a klupperer sorry
>>
>>
>> > and I don't understand the two
>> > versions of SC included, although I have found info on using gedit with
>> > SC
>> > but I''m wondering why there isn't a "familiar" version included in the
>> > distro.
>>
>> Well what are you familiar with?
>>
>> On linux, SuperCollider doesn't provide its own editor but rides on
>> top of your choice of editor, so if you're most comfortable with gedit
>> / emacs / vim then choose your favourite. The menu entries can
>> automatically launch emacs or vim in supercollider "mode".
>>
>> If gedit is your favourite then launch gedit and go
>> Edit>Preferences>Plugins and activate "sced", then you'll have the
>> menu option Tools>SuperCollider Mode.
>>
>>
>> > Also, not all of the programs open, such as am synth, and some
>> > others I don't know, this isn't such a big deal as all i rreally want to
>> > use
>> > are pd, sc, and kluppe.
>> > I've tried making a few different sticks from different mirrors and
>> > iso's...
>> > cd and dvd....but same results....
>> > Is this an issue of small tweaks, eee, or just my own inexperience?
>>
>> I think your install is probably fine, we just need some tweaks to get
>> you settled... let us know how you get on...
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> > thanks for help and sorry for the long first post...
>> >
>> > b..e.
>> >
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