altern wrote: > hi all > > I am using a terratec phase x24 firewire sound card with an IBM laptop. > It runs Ubuntu studio, the latest version, I keep it updated. > > My problem is that sometimes jack just stops suddenly. It just print > some crap symbols at qjackctl message window and then I get a Shutdown > notification there. After this I need to unplug the sound card to be > able to start again Jack correctly. Sometimes I need to plug/unplug many > times many times to get it up again. > > > In general I get almost no XRUNS at all. DSP loads is 16%, realtime mode > is on, sample rate 48000 and buffer size 1024. > > Today I noticed that updatedb process was running in the background when > I first got this error, and it seems to me that it was not until this > process finished that I was able to get jack up. > > After this problem I decided to test how long it runs before crashing. > It has been running fine several times for around 30-45 min. Then it > stops and I need to unplug the sound card again. > > any ideas about what could cause this? or any suggestion where i should > look at? I checked dmesg and I can see some stuff there but I am not > sure if this is just related to me pluging in and out the sound card. I > am wondering if there is some background process that I could disable to > make freebob more stable. I have a live performance in ten days and it > would be a real pity if jack crashes during it. > > thanks! > > enrike > You mentioned that qjackctl prints error messages, would you be able to post those?
Also, /var/crash/ might have something of use perhaps. Thanks, Andrew -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
