On Aug 21, 2011 6:45 PM, "Marco Donnarumma" <devel@thesaddj.com> wrote:
> From the jack log it seems that jack sink for PA is launched on startup
> (along with other clients).
>
> New client 'cadence' with PID 22834
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: New client 'a2j' with PID 23755
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: New client 'PulseAudio JACK Sink' with PID 23814
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'PulseAudio JACK Sink:front-left' to
> 'system:playback_1'
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'PulseAudio JACK Sink:front-right' to
> 'system:playback_2'
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: New client 'PulseAudio JACK Source' with PID 23814
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'system:capture_1' to 'PulseAudio JACK
> Source:front-left'
>
> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'system:capture_2' to 'PulseAudio JACK
> Source:front-right'
>
> Whereas that is useful to get always audio from the internet browser and the
> likes, perhaps it could interfere with Pd trying to connect to the same
> ports.
> Sometimes when ports are already in use Pd might fail to connect.
>
> I would try to launch jack with no other clients connected (in your case
> avoid launching cadence, a2j, and jack sink) and then start pd from terminal
> with the jack flag.
>
> M
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Aaron L. <elmastero74@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To be honest, it's been so long since I've had my head in PD that I can't
>> even remember what all of the pieces of my fiddle script is doing (that's
>> another email for another list, I think....)
>>
>> But let's say I just want to start pd like this:
>> pdextended -jack channels 2
>>
>> Within PD, when I click on 'test audio and midi', I get the following DIO
>> errors in pd along with no test tone (after I select "60", of course) :
>> error: channels: can't open
>> error: 2: can't open
>> audio I/O error history:
>> seconds ago error type
>> 70.39 unknown
>> 70.39 unknown
>> warning: tone-osc: multiply defined
>> warning: tone-mon: multiply defined
>> warning: tone-osc: multiply defined
>> warning: tone-mon: multiply defined
>> warning: tone-osc: multiply defined
>>
>> No messages within Jack regarding any of this.
>>
>> Here's my Jack log:
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: Loading settings from
>> "/home/aaron/.config/jack/conf.xml" using expat_2.0.1 ...
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting engine option "driver" to value "alsa"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: driver "alsa" selected
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting engine option "realtime" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting engine option "verbose" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting engine option "client-timeout" to value
>> "500"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for driver "net" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for driver "dummy" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for driver "alsa" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "device" to value "hw:0"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "rate" to value "44100"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "period" to value "1024"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "nperiods" to value "3"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "hwmon" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "hwmeter" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "duplex" to value "true"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "softmode" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "monitor" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "dither" to value "n"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting driver option "shorts" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for driver "loopback" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for driver "netone" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for driver "firewire" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for internal "netmanager" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for internal "profiler" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for internal "audioadapter" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: setting for internal "netadapter" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:33 2011: Listening for D-Bus messages
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: ------------------
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: Controller activated. Version 1.9.7 (4236) built
>> on Thu Jun 16 13:33:27 2011
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: Loading settings from
>> "/home/aaron/.config/jack/conf.xml" using expat_2.0.1 ...
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting engine option "driver" to value "alsa"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: driver "alsa" selected
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting engine option "realtime" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting engine option "verbose" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting engine option "client-timeout" to value
>> "500"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for driver "net" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for driver "dummy" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for driver "alsa" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "device" to value "hw:0"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "rate" to value "44100"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "period" to value "1024"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "nperiods" to value "3"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "hwmon" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "hwmeter" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "duplex" to value "true"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "softmode" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "monitor" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "dither" to value "n"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting driver option "shorts" to value "false"
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for driver "loopback" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for driver "netone" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for driver "firewire" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for internal "netmanager" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for internal "profiler" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for internal "audioadapter" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: setting for internal "netadapter" found
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:42 2011: Listening for D-Bus messages
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: Starting jack server...
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: JACK server starting in non-realtime mode
>>
>> 11:09:47.801 D-BUS: JACK server was started (org.jackaudio.service aka
>> jackdbus).
>>
>> 11:09:48.054 ALSA connection graph change.
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: control device hw:0
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: control device hw:0
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: Acquired audio card Audio0
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: creating alsa driver ...
>> hw:0|hw:0|1024|3|44100|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: control device hw:0
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: configuring for 44100Hz, period = 1024 frames
>> (23.2 ms), buffer = 3 periods
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: ALSA: final selected sample format for capture:
>> 16bit little-endian
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: ALSA: use 3 periods for capture
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: ALSA: final selected sample format for playback:
>> 32bit integer little-endian
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: ALSA: use 3 periods for playback
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: graph reorder: new port 'system:capture_1'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: New client 'system' with PID 0
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: graph reorder: new port 'system:capture_2'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: graph reorder: new port 'system:playback_1'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: graph reorder: new port 'system:playback_2'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:47 2011: New client 'cadence' with PID 22834
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: New client 'a2j' with PID 23755
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: New client 'PulseAudio JACK Sink' with PID 23814
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'PulseAudio JACK Sink:front-left' to
>> 'system:playback_1'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'PulseAudio JACK Sink:front-right' to
>> 'system:playback_2'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: New client 'PulseAudio JACK Source' with PID
>> 23814
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'system:capture_1' to 'PulseAudio JACK
>> Source:front-left'
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:48 2011: Connecting 'system:capture_2' to 'PulseAudio JACK
>> Source:front-right'
>>
>> 11:09:49.960 Statistics reset.
>>
>> 11:09:49.979 Client activated.
>>
>> 11:09:50.016 JACK connection graph change.
>>
>> Sun Aug 21 11:09:49 2011: New client 'qjackctl' with PID 5754
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, all.
>>
>>
>> -Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:47 AM, <harryhaaren@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Pasuspender is a way to make PulseAudio let go of the soundcard when JACK
>>> wants to access it. This *is* nessisary on systems where Pulse is the main
>>> sound daemon, but as KX uses JACK for all its audio needs, it will not have
>>> any effect.
>>>
>>> "Error: 2: can't open" did catch my eye though, are you passing any
>>> special arguments to your "dac~" in the patch? like "dac~ 1 2" or something
>>> to open the first & second channel? I've had problems there before, either
>>> because it did (or did *not*) start from 0. Can't remember the details, but
>>> perhaps that's it?
>>>
>>> -Harry
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Marco Donnarumma
> Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher
> ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
> The University of Edinburgh, UK
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