On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:45:52 -0700 (PDT) Renato Fabbri <renatoftato@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hardware: P4 3.6 HT, 1G Ram, M-audio Delta 66. It is a > Dell computer, a GX280. > > Problems: > > 1- Kmenu->Control Center->Sound & Multimedia->Sound > System > > There is a jack option there, but, when I start it, I > see a window: > > "Sound server informational message: > Error while initializing the sound driver: > Couldn´t connect to jackd > The sound server will continue using the null output > device" Ok, seems either a] jack is not installed properly b] it is run with options that won't work on your box c] kde sux ;) what happens if you do this from the console: jackd -d alsa -p 512 pkg-config jack --cflags --libs > 2-Making a /home/ref/jack-audio-connection-kit and > ./configure builds with no alsa support and with oss > support. (with alsa loaded or oss turned loaded) I don't fully understand what you say, but: Do you have the ALSA development files installed? In pretty much all distros there's a distinction between just a library package and a corresponding development packages which you need when you want to compile stuff against that lib. > 3-When Pd 0.38.4-extended is installed, the pd command > issues: > "pd: error while loading shared libraries: > libjack0.80.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No > such file or directory Did you install jack by hand or from a package? > 4- There is no "alsa" or "alsasound" file to do the > usual: > ..path/alsa stop > ..path/alsa start > (commonly at /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa) > There is, though, a /etc/init.d/alsa that accepts > "unload, reload, resolve" commands. Hmm, not sure about this one. > 5- While borwsing menus like Kmenu, we hear sound > hickups. This can have soooooooooooooo many reasons. Try usign a bigger buffersize. I also think i saw that artsd can run with reltime priv, too. Check the kontrol center for that. Keep in mind you probably need rtlimits setup correctly or the realtime lsm. Flo -- Palimm Palimm! http://tapas.affenbande.org
