On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > Thanks for sharing your experience. I wish I understood better what FluidSynth, PulseAudio, and these other tools were really doing. I'm going to do some research on these things. -- Jonathan Gardner jgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
