On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/28/2014 10:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On 04/13/2014 11:45 AM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote: > >>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014, at 02:27 PM, Israel wrote: > >>> > >>>> I did add myself to the audio group, though I will try the same > command > >>>> again (I think I used my actual username, instead of $USER) > >>> $USER is an environment variable. It's more correct to use your > username > >>> directly, since using $USER only works if you are logged in as that > >>> user, when running the command - with sudo (if logged in as root, root > >>> will become a member of audio group). > > If you want to add somebody to a group, use the username , not $USER. > > If you want a script to test, if somebody does run this script with user > > or root privileges, use id -u , not $USER. I guess what output you get > > for $USER depends to your setup or distros default setup, but a > > username always is a username and the output of id -u always gives > > information about the privileges. > > > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ echo $USER $(id -u) > > rocketmouse 1000 > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ su > > Password: > > [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# echo $USER $(id -u) > > rocketmouse 0 > > [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# exit > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo -i > > [sudo] password for rocketmouse: > > [root@archlinux ~]# echo $USER $(id -u) > > root 0 > > [root@archlinux ~]# logout > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ > > > > > Hi, > I did use my actual username, thank you! I did that first, and then got > the other e-mail. > It seems my issue is actually something with qjackctl, as I have found > that I can get a working setup using jackd from the command line, and > then use qjackctl to set stuff up... > I had become accustomed to qjackctl 'just working' as a frontend for > jackd, so I figured there was an issue with something in the drivers, > etc... > I will definitely post my solution when everything is resolved. > > FWIW I installed UBS 14.04 over the weekend.
I use qjackctl with multiple Audiofire12 units and extensive start up scripts to wire eq's, crossovers, and mixers. It just worked out of the box. THis rev I didn't even have to go find all the calf and zita plugins. :) Regards, Mac
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