On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 14:46 -0800, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > I installed FluidSynth and qsynth on my F13 / KDE install. When qsynth > comes up, it asked me to do some additional configuration by modifying > /etc/security/limits.conf to add: > > @audio - rtprio 100 > @audio - nice -10 > > After I made the changes and restarted it, it then asked me to add > myself to the audio group. > > I'm not sure what I did or why this needs to be done. I'd appreciate a > pointer or some better advice. > > Logging in with my new group showed that qsynth was working, although > I have yet to hear any sound from it. I tested with pianobooster, > musescore, firefox on a site with MIDI, and a few other MIDI apps I > thought would make MIDI sound. > > (I haven't logged out and back in through X yet. I'd prefer not to > have to do so.) > > Am I doing something wrong? Should I go talk with the FluidSynth guys > about my particular situation? Do we need to tweak the fluidsynth RPM? > (I'm volunteering to help.) Jonathan, Im' not sure about Fedora's right config concerning fluidsynth, but this is how I did (still working on F14). 1. Config some defaults: # usermod -a -G audio rodolfoap # requires relogin # vi /etc/security/limits.conf ... # End of file @audio - rtprio 99 @audio - nice -19 @audio - memlock 1443915 2. Disable pulseaudio $ echo "autospawn = no" > ~/.pulse/client.conf $ pulseaudio -k Then, start qjackctl. Furthermore, you can start qsynth. I use BIAB and Finale, so then I start it with wine, config the midi port and start playing. I wish we can find some better and smooth fedora way. On f13 I needed the planetccrma version of qjackctl, I think, but Im not sure, so I installed the repo and updated qjackctl. Cheers. ---------------------------------------------- Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo - nospaze@xxxxxxxxx otbits.blogspot.com / counter.li.org: #367962 ---------------------------------------------- "Reine Mathematik ist Religion." - Novalis, "Fragmente" -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
