[LAU] LinuxSampler: success

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

Looking pretty good.  I imagine there is a much better way, but I don't 
know what it is.  It turns out that JSampler did create an 
instruments.db automatically -- but it did not "format" it.  After I 
formatted it, using (JSampler only, not Q) Window/Instruments Database, 
then Actions/Format Database, both J and Q began working perfectly.

So my current steps to get QSampler running reliably in AVLinux, after 
installing all of the current LinuxSampler .deb's, are:

1.  Get rid of all Java except Sun's, using Synaptic. 

2.  Create folder /opt/java.

3.  ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun ./latest

4.  In /etc/profile, just before the line "export PATH", add:

PATH=/opt/java/latest/bin:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/latest
export CLASSPATH=/opt/java/latest/lib/tools.jar:./

5.  Create the /var/lib/linuxsampler directory and set its permissions:

mkdir /var/lib/linuxsampler
chgrp audio /var/lib/linuxsampler
chmod g=rwx /var/lib/linuxsampler

6.  Download the .jar (binary) form of JSampler Fantasia, move it to 
filename /usr/local/bin/JSampler-Fantasia-0.8a-jar, and run it:

java -jar /usr/local/bin/JSampler-Fantasia-0.8a-jar

7.  Format the database, using the JSampler UI,

Main window:  Window/Instruments Database
Instruments database window:  Actions/Format Database

And then it works :-)

J.E.B.