[linux-audio-user] Firewire-Success

[Pieter Palmers]

sevol wrote:
> Pieter Palmers wrote:
> 
>> there are two things you can do:
>>
>> run it with bash:
>> # bash ./freebob_debug_log.sh username verbose.log > out.log
>>
>> or make it executable first:
>> # chmod a+x freebob_debug_log.sh
>> # ./freebob_debug_log.sh username verbose.log > out.log
>>
>> two notes:
>> 1) I made a mistake in the command line I wrote in the previous mail: 
>> I forgot the .sh suffix. The correct line is
>> # ./freebob_debug_log.sh username verbose.log > out.log
>>
>> 2) replace 'username' in the command line with the username of the 
>> user that is going to run the audio applications (most likely your own 
>> username)
>>
>> Pieter
> 
> Hi Pieter,
> 
> I don't know why it didn't work before because I noticed the missing .sh 
> & added it, & used my username. The only thing I didn't do was add bash 
> at the start of the line. Then just to see, after getting it to work I 
> removed bash from the start of the line & it still worked. Don't ask me :)
> 
> But it worked. From examining the out.log first mistake, perhaps, was my 
> surmising that freebob & dependencies where installed on the laptop. 
> Both logs are attached. I'm not quite sure, do I go find the missing 
> pieces & install them?
since you have planetccrma installed, you can use apt-get or synaptic to 
install libfreebob and jack-audio-connection-kit. Normally all depencies 
will be automatically installed.

Note that firewire audio devices are only supported through jackd (i.e. 
jack-audio-connection-kit).

> 
> Wish I didn't have to bother you with things which must seem completely 
> trivial. Is there a place where basic freebob info is explained or is 
> the landscape of system hardware, distro, & freebob development too 
> varied & shifting to account for in a succinct manner? Or is that why 
> I'm on these list? :)
> 

http://freebob.sourceforge.net

Pieter