Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-12 Thread Jose Luis Santorcuato
Yes Gabriel... I talk about... sound and midi works fine with Alsa...no problems with midi controllers Delay and latency... compile your distro with low latency kernel...maybe with unetbooting... Greetings from Chile José 2009/8/10 Gabriel Vinazza > I removed pulseaudio and installed esound a

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-12 Thread donotreply
thanks ppl! I´m collecting in advance all my hardware drivers for linux and will be trying soon. I removed pulseaudio and installed esound and now ADC works perfect!! thanks all for your help! latest ubuntu works v

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-10 Thread Gabriel Vinazza
I removed pulseaudio and installed esound and now ADC works perfect!! thanks all for your help! latest ubuntu works very well even on this old computer but be aware of the pulseaudio issues. i think it should be removed on furthers releases (now i'll be trying to set up MIDI and HID on this da

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-07 Thread Gabriel Vinazza
great! i'll check that... however, i tried before to switch to ALSA, JACK, etc on the puredata audio configuration with no results.. maybe it's a deeper issue, sort of a conflict, i'll follow your instructions and see what happens. thanks! On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Rich E wrote: > The late

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-07 Thread Rich E
The latest Ubuntu is trying to use the PulseAudio system instead of just ALSA, which was working perfectly fine in my opinion. I had all sorts of problems with PulseAudio, along with many other audio users. I followed the following post to purge PulseAudio from my system, so I could use ALSA like

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-07 Thread Gabriel Vinazza
ooh thanks! i'll try that in this days and tell you the results! On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:34 PM, E wrote: > Hi, > > Tried to launch pd as root ? > > Or > $sudo chmod 755 /dev/ > (replace by the hid device you want to use) > > The hid problem is probably that as user you don't have the r

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-07 Thread Gabriel Vinazza
i'm on linux recently, with a REALLY OLDER hardware than you.. tried fluxbuntu (careful, the repositories were migrated.. see ubuntu gutsy), works very well.. and now i'm with the last ubuntu 9.04 and i'm very suprised to see that it works fine on my old thinkpad a22p!!! THE BAD SIDE: * the au

Re: [PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-07 Thread Rich E
I think the biggest difference in linux, with a machine of your speed, will be how good your soundcard / videocard is. Also, if you are new to linux, it will save you a load of grief by starting with one of the more popular multimedia distributions like Ubuntu, 64studio, or Fedora, as there is sup

[PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

2009-08-06 Thread donotreply
I am thinking in migrating to linux and considering small versions of it in order to boost speed, like> -damm small linux -puppy linux -fluxbuntu I'am not a deep tech guy (not referring to music style, which I like), so the questions are> 1-have anyone try these small OS before? if so... doe