Johannes Mario Ringheim skrev: > emanuele ..::www.rumoridifondo.com::.. wrote: > >> so i tried to install "jack". but i don't manage to start him. every >> time a try to start jack by qjackctl the program tell me that it >> can't connect to audio server. > > > First try with the mm-kernel and a newer jack-version from THAC's. See > below. > >> my kernel version is 2.6.11mdk. do i have to use the multimedia-kernel >> to work in realtime and low latency? >> >> does anyone use mandriva 2005 as a daw? > > > > I've been using mandriva/drake as a DAW for a year now, and IMHO this > is (one of) the best distro(s) for the job. I can tell what I did, > then you can see if that works for you. (Maybe you've already done > this, I dunno). > > First run this as root: > urpmi.addmedia thacs.rpms http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.2/RPMS with hdlist.cz > > It will add the THACS repository to your system so that you can > install THAC's apps from rpmdrake or with the urpmi command. THACS got > lots of great audiosoftware, and it's pretty well updated too. > > Then, if you're using the download-iso version of mandriva, go to this > page and ad all of the repositories to your system the same way you > did it with THACS: > > http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ > > Now, with all the repositories installed you can very easily install > (as good as) any gnu/linux app through rpmdrake or with the urpmi > command. Dependency-trouble will be dealt with automatically, just > remember to update the media (repositories) once in a while. > > With all this installed I've found mandriva to be a most easy to use > and powerful distro for audio. You can even install pre-compiled > kernels with all RT-patches etc all set up (mm-kernel). > > The sad story, though: > > It appears to be that THAC's got into some quarrel with mandriva-folks > (correct me someone if I'm wrong), so he refuses to continue building > apps for mandriva "primarily". In that case I dunno if I can recommend > mandriva for your daw, atleast not until some similar repository > appears. THAC's gone over building for the PCLinuxOS distro, wich is a > derative of mandriva. It seems this PClinuxOS can become quite good, > possibly better than mandriva, but for the time being, in my > experience, it is not quite "ready for the daw", atleast not for > noobs, there's just too many bugs yet. > > I've tried to look around for some other distro lately, but with my > snobbish preferences on how things should be I've not really found any > distro wich can quite make up for the quality and ease-of-use of > mandriva. I guess for now I'll watch THAC's coming moves and keep an > eye on the PCLinuxOS to see if there's progression (I think there is > much nowadays), before I eventually up/re-grade my system again. > If anyone has more info on this of course I'd like to know ;) > > Good luck with your daw! > building apps for mandriva "primarily" means exactly that im developing all my sound stuff in pclo now but i do make the spec files to build for both pclo and mandriva check here http://rpm.nyvalls.se/indexpclo2005.html but i will rebuild it for mandriva there is a preview of the coming 2006 rpms i will add the sound rpms there later here no urpmi yet only manual download http://rpm.nyvalls.se/index2006.0.html /Torbj?rn Turpeinen (Thac)
