28 Mar
2009
28 Mar
'09
1:45 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
$ jackd --help
[snip]
-d backend [ ... backend args ... ]
The backend can be `alsa', `coreaudio', `dummy',
`freebob', `oss', `sun', or `portaudio'.
$ jackd -d freebob
jackd: unknown driver 'freebob'
$ jackd -d firewire
jackd: unknown driver 'firewire'
$ jackd -d ffado
jackd: unknown driver 'ffado'
I don't have it on *my* system. If you get the same... then neither do you.
Some
distro's don't compile with FFADO support by default. You may need to
compile JACK from source and enable FFADO.
Any way of finding out about weather that's the case before I tear my
system apart? Should/could I keep my original jack installation?
Could I install in
parallel and just use the compiled version?
The JACK devs say that you should LEAVE your jack package in-tact and overwrite it.
$ tar xzf jack-audio-connection-kit-0.116.1.tar.gz
$ cd jack-audio-connection-kit-0.116.1
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
### MAKE SURE IT ENABLED FFADO OR FREEBOB... whichever one you want.
$ make
$ sudo make install
To do it without overwriting the distro's package (using --prefix=/usr/local) is
a little more involved, and if I tell you to do that I may receive unbearable
scorn from Paul Davis (the lead JACK dev).
Peace,
Gabriel