This is the output from rosegardensequencer on the first run rosegarden (sequencer): SequencerMmapper : setting size of /tmp/kde-davmul//rosegarden_sequencer_timing_block to 91012 rosegarden (sequencer): SequencerMmapper : mmap size : 91012 at 0xb64fd000 rosegarden (sequencer): SequencerMmapper::init() rosegarden (sequencer): Registering with DCOP server Rosegarden 0.9.9 - AlsaDriver - alsa-lib version 1.0.4 AudioFileReader::run() AudioFileReader::run() done JackDriver::initialiseAudio - JACK sample rate = 44100Hz, buffer size = 2048 JackDriver::initialiseAudio - creating disk thread JackDriver::initialiseAudio - found 10 JACK physical outputs JackDriver::initialiseAudio - connecting from "rosegarden:master out L" to "alsa_pcm:playback_1" JackDriver::initialiseAudio - connecting from "rosegarden:master out R" to "alsa_pcm:playback_2" JackDriver::initialiseAudio - found 12 JACK physical inputs JackDriver::initialiseAudio - connecting from "alsa_pcm:capture_1" to "rosegarden:record in 1 L" JackDriver::initialiseAudio - connecting from "alsa_pcm:capture_2" to "rosegarden:record in 1 R" JackDriver::initialiseAudio - initialised JACK audio subsystem ALSA Client information: 64,0 - (M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI - Rawmidi 0, M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI) (DUPLEX) [ctype 2, ptype 2, cap 127] 129,0 - (ardour, seq) (WRITE ONLY) [ctype 1, ptype 2, cap 99] Creating device 0 in Play mode for connection 64:0 M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI (duplex) Default device name for this device is MIDI external device Creating device 1 in Record mode for connection 64:0 M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI (duplex) Default device name for this device is MIDI hardware input device Creating device 2 in Play mode for connection 129:0 ardour: seq (write) Default device name for this device is MIDI software device AlsaDriver::setCurrentTimer((auto)) Current timer set to "PCM playback 0-0-0" AlsaDriver::initialiseMidi - initialised MIDI subsystem rosegarden (sequencer): RosegardenSequencer - started OK AlsaDriver::reportFailure(0) rosegarden (sequence manager): ControlBlockMmapper : Couldn't open /tmp/kde-davmul//rosegarden_control_block WARNING: Rosegarden::Exception: "Couldn't open /tmp/kde-davmul//rosegarden_control_block" and the output from ardour finished route resort Audio 1 master finished route resort Audio 1 master finished route resort Audio 1 master finished route resort Audio 1 master finished route resort Audio 1 master Segmentation fault Not sure why it cant open the tmp file permissions seem ok and all was working well maybe something to do with kde3.3? Dave On Monday 01 November 2004 12:06, Chris Cannam wrote: > On Monday 01 Nov 2004 10:52, David Mulcahy wrote: > > Just recently updated debian unstable and I am not sure if it was > > just coincidence, but if an ardour session is loaded and I start > > rosegarden, somewhere in the middle of initialising a session ardour > > gets killed. In fact it is impossible for the two apps to coexist > > rosegarden always kills ardour > > Spooky. Never seen that one before, and I can't offhand think of a > reason for it. > > Might as well start by looking at the stdout/stderr output from each: > run ardour from one terminal window and then "rosegardensequencer" (the > non-GUI part of Rosegarden) from another, and see what happens. If > ardour gets killed, see what it and rosegardensequencer printed out > last before that happened. Otherwise leave them both running and also > run "rosegarden --existingsequencer" from a third terminal, and see > what happens then. > > > Chris