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. >> > >> > --- >> > [email protected] >> > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.mcld.co.uk >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > -- http://www.mcld.co.uk --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
