Installing PlanetCCRMA in Fedora 12

PlanetCCRMA is a project to create an audio studio using Fedora. Their repository has packages for most Fedora versions. Installing it in Fedora 12 was not quite as easy as the older versions, so I documented the process.

Planet CCRMA at home

Here is the process that I had to use to install in Fedora 12:

1) Installed Fedora 12 from DVD, without Pulse Audio! I also selected to install JACK and the YUM GUI yumex. Yumex is similar to the Synaptic Package Manager that can be used with apt.
I then updated after the install
2) Added the RPMFusion repositories.

Code:

su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

3) Add the CCRMA GPG key. I had to downloaded it to my computer first:

Code:

wget http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/apt/configuration/all/RPM-GPG-KEY.planetccrma.txt

Then install it:

Code:

gpg --import RPM-GPG-KEY.planetccrma.txt

4) Add the CCRMA repository to YUM. This is done by installing a rpm file.

Code:

rpm -Uvh http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/12/i386/planetccrma-repo-1.1-2.fc12.ccrma.noarch.rpm

It then gave me a GPG error!!?? But it still installed the package.

5) For previous version of Fedora, there is a mega-package that installs all of the packages needed to turn this into the PlanetCCRMA distro. This seems to be missing for Fedora 12. I downloaded the needed Fedora 11 rpms, and was able to install everything that way. First get the three needed Fedora 11 rpms, and save them to a folder that I named "rpms" (how clever of me). Run these commands for that:

Code:

mkdir ~/rpms

Code:

cd rpms

Code:

wget http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/11/i386/planetccrma-apps-2007.11.22-1.fc11.ccrma.i586.rpm http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/11/i386/planetccrma-artwork-2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma.noarch.rpm http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/11/i386/planetccrma-menus-2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma.noarch.rpm

Now install them with this command:

Code:

su -c 'yum localinstall planetccrma-apps-2007.11.22-1.fc11.ccrma.i586.rpm planetccrma-menus-2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma.noarch.rpm planetccrma-artwork-2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma.noarch.rpm'

This installed these packages:

Code:

================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================= Installing: planetccrma-apps i586 2007.11.22-1.fc11.ccrma /planetccrma-apps-2007.11.22-1.fc11.ccrma.i586 0.0 planetccrma-artwork noarch 2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma /planetccrma-artwork-2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma.noarch 20 k planetccrma-menus noarch 2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma /planetccrma-menus-2007.07.19-1.fc11.ccrma.noarch 37 k Installing for dependencies: GraphicsMagick i686 1.3.7-1.fc12 fedora 2.1 M aeolus i686 0.8.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 152 k ambdec i686 0.4.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 228 k ams i686 2.0.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 400 k bitmeter i686 1.2-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 17 k celt i686 0.7.0-1.fc12 fedora 55 k cheesetracker i686 0.9.15.3-3.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 483 k cl-asdf noarch 20071110-7.fc12 fedora 23 k clalsadrv i686 1.2.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 19 k clm i686 2008.02.25-4.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 2.2 M clm-sbcl i686 2008.02.25-4.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.3 M clthreads i686 2.4.0-4.fc12 fedora 23 k cltl2 noarch 1.0-4.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.6 M clxclient i686 3.6.1-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 40 k cm i686 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.12.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.6 M cm-clm-sbcl i686 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.12.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 16 k cm-fomus-sbcl i686 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.12.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 44 k cm-sbcl i686 2.11.0-0.20070607.cvs.12.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 2.0 M cmn i686 2009.02.10-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 539 k cmn-sbcl i686 2009.02.10-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 985 k common-lisp-controller noarch 6.15-8.fc12 fedora 20 k csound i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 970 k csound-dssi i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 16 k csound-fltk i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 67 k csound-fluidsynth i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 15 k csound-gui i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 109 k csound-jack i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 17 k csound-osc i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 14 k csound-tk i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 33 k csound-virtual-keyboard i686 5.10.1-14.fc12 updates 25 k dssi i686 1.0.0-3.fc12 fedora 32 k dssi-examples i686 1.0.0-3.fc12 fedora 51 k dvdauthor i686 0.6.14-10.fc12 fedora 154 k ecasound i686 1:2.7.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 886 k esound-libs i686 1:0.2.41-3.fc12 fedora 70 k fluid-soundfont-common noarch 3.1-4.fc12 fedora 82 k fluid-soundfont-gm noarch 3.1-4.fc12 fedora 114 M fluidsynth i686 1.0.9-4.fc12 fedora 18 k fluidsynth-dssi i686 1.0.0-2.fc12 fedora 45 k fluidsynth-libs i686 1.0.9-4.fc12 fedora 453 k fomus i686 0.1.9-1.alpha.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 2.8 M freqtweak i686 0.7.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 287 k gdk-pixbuf i686 1:0.22.0-38.fc12 fedora 172 k glib i686 1:1.2.10-33.fc12 fedora 121 k gmorgan i686 0.25-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 2.1 M gtk+ i686 1:1.2.10-69.fc12 fedora 740 k gtkglext-libs i686 1.2.0-10.fc12 fedora 104 k guile i686 5:1.8.7-3.fc12 fedora 1.3 M hexter-dssi i686 0.6.2-3.fc12 fedora 143 k hydrogen i686 0.9.4-1.fc12 fedora 3.0 M hydrogen-drumkits noarch 0.9.3-3.20080907.fc12 fedora 15 M hyperspec noarch 6.0-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.9 M jaaa i686 0.4.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 38 k jack-audio-connection-kit-example-clients i686 1.9.4-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 39 k jack-rack i686 1.4.7-4.fc12 fedora 84 k jackmix i686 0.4-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 84 k jamin i686 0.95.0-7.fc12 fedora 531 k japa i686 0.4.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 39 k jconvolver i686 0.8.4-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 6.3 M jnoise i686 0.0-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 14 k kmidimon i686 0.7.1-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 326 k ladspa-amb-plugins i686 0.4.0-3.fc12 fedora 25 k ladspa-blop-plugins i686 0.2.8-9.fc12 fedora 570 k ladspa-caps-plugins i686 0.4.2-5.fc12 fedora 616 k ladspa-cmt-plugins i686 1.16-2.fc12 fedora 61 k ladspa-devel i686 1.13-6.fc12 fedora 18 k ladspa-fil-plugins i686 0.3.0-2.fc12 fedora 16 k ladspa-mcp-plugins i686 1:0.4.0-3.fc12 fedora 29 k ladspa-rev-plugins i686 0.3.1-6.fc12 fedora 19 k ladspa-swh-plugins i686 0.4.15-16.fc12 fedora 330 k ladspa-vco-plugins i686 0.3.0-8.fc12 fedora 18 k libXp i686 1.0.0-15.fc12 fedora 22 k libecasoundc i686 1:2.7.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 21 k libfishsound i686 0.9.1-4.fc12 fedora 21 k libgig i686 3.3.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 497 k liblscp i686 0.5.6-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 27 k liboggz i686 0.9.8-4.fc12 fedora 80 k libsigc++ i686 1.2.7-8.fc12 fedora 34 k libtar i686 1.2.11-14.fc12 fedora 28 k lilypond i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 2.4 M lilypond-aybabtu-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 37 k lilypond-century-schoolbook-l-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 142 k lilypond-doc noarch 2.12.2-3.fc12 fedora 45 M lilypond-emmentaler-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 181 k lilypond-feta-alphabet-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 89 k lilypond-feta-braces-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 154 k lilypond-feta-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 368 k lilypond-fonts-common i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 7.8 k lilypond-parmesan-fonts i686 2.12.2-5.fc12 fedora 337 k linuxsampler i686 1.0.0-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 527 k mcontrol i686 0.1.03-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 43 k meterbridge i686 0.9.2-4.fc12 fedora 510 k muse i686 1:1.0-0.7.rc3.fc12.1 fedora 1.8 M mxml i686 2.5-5.fc12 fedora 54 k nyquist i686 3.03-3.fc12 fedora 3.1 M openmotif i686 2.3.2-5.fc12 rpmfusion-nonfree 1.1 M perl-Tk i686 804.028-10.fc12 fedora 2.0 M phat i686 0.4.1-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 189 k portmidi i686 131-4.fc12 fedora 42 k portmidi-devel i686 131-4.fc12 fedora 157 k pyecasound i686 1:2.7.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 28 k qarecord i686 0.0.9b-4.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 34 k qjackctl i686 0.3.5-1.fc12 updates 393 k qmidicontrol i686 0.0.1b-4.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 20 k qmidiroute i686 0.2.1-4.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 37 k qsampler i686 0.2.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 221 k qsynth i686 0.3.4-2.fc12 fedora 189 k rubberband i686 1.2-5.fc12 fedora 120 k sbcl i686 1.0.30-2.fc12 fedora 11 M seq24 i686 0.8.7-17.fc12 fedora 181 k slime i686 2.0-16.20081207.1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.1 M slime-sbcl i686 2.0-16.20081207.1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 442 k snd i686 10.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 8.5 M snd-motif i686 10.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.4 M snd-utils i686 10.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 121 k sonic-visualiser i686 1.6-4.fc12 fedora 1.6 M sooperlooper i686 1.6.13-4.fc12 fedora 390 k soundfontcombi i686 0.016-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 67 k soundtracker i686 0.6.8-8.fc12 fedora 346 k specimen i686 0.5.2-0.1.rc3.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 117 k sweep i686 0.9.3-6.fc12 fedora 355 k tcsh i686 6.17-4.fc12 updates 399 k timemachine i686 0.3.1-2.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 79 k timidity++ i686 2.13.2-20.fc12 fedora 440 k vkeybd i686 0.1.17a-11.fc12 fedora 32 k whysynth-dssi i686 20090608-1.fc12 updates 1.7 M yass i686 0.0.2-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 22 k zita-convolver i686 2.0.0-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 13 k zynaddsubfx i686 2.4.0-2.fc12 fedora 1.5 M Updating for dependencies: jack-audio-connection-kit i686 1.9.4-1.fc12.ccrma planetccrma 1.5 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================= Install 132 Package(s) Upgrade 1 Package(s)

As you recall, I already had JACK installed, so it updated it. It appears that everything installed OK. I will reboot,and see what happens.

OK, it rebooted. That's always a positive sign!

It doesn't seem to have installed the real-time kernel yet. That may come with an update, so I'll try that next.

To install the real-time kernel, run this command:

Code:

su -c 'yum install planetccrma-core'

The default Fedora installation gave me a PAE kernel, which I really don't need. So it installed a PAE real-time kernel.

Code:

=================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =================================================================================================================== Installing: planetccrma-core i686 2009.12.01-1.fc12.ccrma planetcore 5.0 k Installing for dependencies: alsa-firmware noarch 1.0.20-2.fc12 fedora 1.9 M alsa-oss i686 1.0.17-4.fc12 fedora 13 k alsa-oss-libs i686 1.0.17-4.fc12 fedora 28 k alsa-tools i686 1.0.20-4.fc12 fedora 242 k alsa-tools-firmware i686 1.0.20-4.fc12 fedora 28 k fxload i686 2002_04_11-9.fc12 fedora 23 k kernel-rtPAE i686 2.6.31.6-1.rt19.3.fc12.ccrma planetcore 19 M rtirq i686 20090920-1.fc12.ccrma planetcore 8.4 k xorg-x11-fonts-misc noarch 7.2-9.fc12 fedora 5.7 M Transaction Summary =================================================================================================================== Install 10 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Unfortunately, rebooting into the new kernel resulted in a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I took this to mean that the driver for my nVidia 6800XT card wasn't loading. I hadn't yet installed the driver from the nVidia web site, so what was it using?

I was able to reboot into the original kernel. I checked the modules that were loading, and found that it was using the nouveau driver. I saw that there was an update available, and that it was a newer rt kernel. So I installed that one and hoped that it would work better.

After a reboot, I still had the blank screen. I tried to manually load the nouveau driver, but the error said that the module wasn't found. It must not be compiled into the rt kernels. I rebooted into the original kernel again.

I now downloaded the proprietary nVidia driver from the nVidia web site. To install it, you need to first install a few things. This would work on most Fedora installs:

Code:

su -c 'yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers'

But this failed to install the rt kernel source. Instead, this command did that:

Code:

su -c 'yum install kernel-rtPAE-devel'

I changed run levels and installed the driver. After reboot, I was greeted by my desktop, and a shiny new rt kernel.

So, keep in mind that you may need a graphics driver, and plan ahead for it.

A little bit about the JACK audio server.

You should start the JACK control panel:

Applications>Sound & Video>QjackCtl

It will start the JACK control panel.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s.../snapshot5.png

In the past, I found that these were the settings that worked for me:
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...jack/jack1.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...jack/jack2.jpg

But, Rosegarden still won't play. And if JACK is running, I can't play any mp3 files. As soon as I shut down JACK the mp3s will play.

Since I have an Audigy2 sound card (Sound Blaster), I see that I need to install sound fonts. I found some on my driver installation CD, and set Rosegarden to use them. I followed the instructions found here:

http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/tutor...html#2_1_3_1_3

I found two soundfont files on my CD, and tried them both. I also downloaded the soundfont file from Personal Copy, as suggested by the How-To, but still no sound.

Before I could even load the soundfont files, I had to install the soundfont loader.

Code:

su -c 'yum install awesfx'

Installing PlanetCCRMA in Fedora 12

Your suggestions for using the F11 install utility is brilliant. And fixing the video driver cured my blank screen. I'm amazed. But I still can't keep jack running. Maybe you can give me a hint?

=====> jackd -v -d firewire -v hw:0
no message buffer overruns
no message buffer overruns
jackdmp 1.9.4
... I left out a bunch of lines here, then:
Jack: JackDriver::SetupDriverSync driver sem in flush mode
Jack: JackFFADODriver::Attach fBufferSize 1024 fSampleRate 48000
libffado 2.0.0 built Jan 21 2010 16:28:14
firewire ERR: FFADO: Error creating virtual device
Cannot attach audio driver
Jack: JackDriver::Close

and Jack goes home. Any ideas? Here is my information:

=====> uname -a
Linux 2.6.31.12-1.rt20.1.fc12.ccrma.x86_64.rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Jan 21 22:08:01 EST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

=====> rpm -q
libraw1394-2.0.4-1.fc12.x86_64
ffado-2.0.0-1.fc12.ccrma.x86_64
libffado-2.0.0-1.fc12.ccrma.x86_64
jack-audio-connection-kit-1.9.4-1.fc12.ccrma.x86_64

=====> yum repolist all
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
repo id repo name status
fedora Fedora 12 - x86_64 enabled: 19,122
fedora-debuginfo Fedora 12 - x86_64 - disabled
fedora-source Fedora 12 - Source disabled
planetccrma Planet CCRMA 12 - x8 enabled: 261
planetcore Planet CCRMA Core 12 enabled: 41
planetos Fedora at Planet CCR disabled
planetupdates Fedora Updates at Pl disabled
rawhide Fedora - Rawhide - D disabled
rawhide-debuginfo Fedora - Rawhide - D disabled
rawhide-source Fedora - Rawhide - S disabled
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedor enabled: 432
rpmfusion-free-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-rawhide RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-rawhide-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-rawhide-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedor enabled: 258
rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedor enabled: 139
rpmfusion-nonfree-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedor enabled: 98
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for Fedor disabled
updates Fedora 12 - x86_64 - enabled: 5,074
updates-debuginfo Fedora 12 - x86_64 - disabled
updates-source Fedora 12 - Updates disabled
updates-testing Fedora 12 - x86_64 - disabled
updates-testing-debuginfo Fedora 12 - x86_64 - disabled
updates-testing-source Fedora 12 - Test Upd disabled
repolist: 25,425

=====> cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xfe024000 irq 22

=====> dmesg | grep 1394
ohci1394 0000:04:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[17] MMIO=[fdbff000-fdbff7ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[8/8]
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[009096000002f37e]
ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized

=====> ffado-test ListDevices
-----------------------------------------------
FFADO test and diagnostic utility
Part of the FFADO project -- | Free Firewire Audio Drivers
Version: 2.0.0
(C) 2008, Daniel Wagner, Pieter Palmers
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
-----------------------------------------------

=== 1394 PORT 0 ===
Node id GUID VendorId ModelId Vendor - Model
0 0x009096000002f37e 0x00009096 0x00000000 Linux - ohci1394 -

=====> ls -al /dev/raw1394
crw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 171, 0 2010-02-02 03:00 /dev/raw1394

=====> lspci | grep 1394
04:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 04)

=====> lsmod | grep 1394
raw1394 25608 0
ohci1394 30404 0

=====> jackd -v -d firewire -v hw:0
no message buffer overruns
no message buffer overruns
jackdmp 1.9.4
Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Copyright 2004-2009 Grame.
jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 60
Jack: Create non RT thread
Jack: ThreadHandler: start
Jack: JackSocketServerChannel::Open
Jack: Bind: addr.sun_path /dev/shm/jack_default_0_0
Jack: JackSocketServerChannel::BuildPoolTable size = 1
Jack: JackEngine::Open
Jack: Connect: addr.sun_path /dev/shm/jack_default_0_0
Jack: JackDriver::Open capture_driver_name =
Jack: JackDriver::Open playback_driver_name =
Jack: JackEngine::ClientInternalOpen: name = system
Jack: JackEngine::AllocateRefNum ref = 0
Jack: JackFifo::Allocate name = /dev/shm/jack_fifo.0_default_system
Jack: JackEngine::NotifyAddClient: name = system
Jack: JackGraphManager::SetBufferSize size = 1024
Jack: JackConnectionManager::directConnect first: ref1 = 0 ref2 = 0
Jack: JackGraphManager::ConnectRefNum cur_index = 0 ref1 = 0 ref2 = 0
Jack: JackDriver::SetupDriverSync driver sem in flush mode
Jack: JackEngine::ClientInternalOpen: name = freewheel
Jack: JackEngine::AllocateRefNum ref = 1
Jack: JackFifo::Allocate name = /dev/shm/jack_fifo.0_default_freewheel
Jack: JackEngine::NotifyAddClient: name = freewheel
Jack: JackConnectionManager::directConnect first: ref1 = 1 ref2 = 1
Jack: JackGraphManager::ConnectRefNum cur_index = 0 ref1 = 1 ref2 = 1
Jack: JackDriver::SetupDriverSync driver sem in flush mode
Jack: JackFFADODriver::Attach fBufferSize 1024 fSampleRate 48000
libffado 2.0.0 built Jan 21 2010 16:28:14
firewire ERR: FFADO: Error creating virtual device
Cannot attach audio driver
Jack: JackDriver::Close
Jack: JackConnectionManager::directDisconnect last: ref1 = 1 ref2 = 1
Jack: JackGraphManager::disconnectRefNum cur_index = 0 ref1 = 1 ref2 = 1
Jack: JackEngine::ClientCloseAux ref = 1
Jack: JackGraphManager::RemoveAllPorts ref = 1
Jack: JackFifo::destroy name = /dev/shm/jack_fifo.0_default_freewheel
Jack: JackEngine::Close
Jack: JackClientSocket::Close
Jack: JackServerSocket::Close /dev/shm/jack_default_0_0
Jack: no message buffer overruns
Jack: JackPosixThread::Stop
Jack: ThreadHandler: exit
JackServer::Open() failed with -1
Jack: Succeeded in unlocking 73671192 byte memory area
Jack: JackShmMem::delete size = 0 index = 0
Jack: ~JackDriver
no message buffer overruns
Jack: ~JackDriver
Jack: JackEngine::~JackEngine
Jack: Succeeded in unlocking 1040 byte memory area
Jack: JackShmMem::delete size = 0 index = 1
Jack: cleaning up shared memory
Jack: cleaning up files
Jack: unregistering server `default'
Failed to start server

I am not very knowledgeable on the workings of Jack. I eventually got sound out of Rosegarden, but I don't know how I did it!

I don't start the Jack server with terminal commands. I have the Jack Control Panel starting up at boot. The command to start the server is in that setup. The Jack server will only run when an application that requires it is started. When the applications close, the jack server stops.

I think that you can put your startup command in the "Server Path" line.

I was going to recommend that you join the PlanetCCRMA mailing list to ask this question, but I see that you already have.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cf1234

Your suggestions for using the F11 install utility is brilliant. And fixing the video driver cured my blank screen. I'm amazed. But I still can't keep jack running. Maybe you can give me a hint?

...

libffado 2.0.0 built Jan 21 2010 16:28:14
firewire ERR: FFADO: Error creating virtual device
Cannot attach audio driver
...

As someone pointed out on the CCRMA mailing list, it looks like you're having ffado trouble. I don't use firewire, so I'm not much help here, but I'd suggest that you search around for help with that. I know I've seen a few threads on the CCRMA list related to ffado, so if you haven't been watching the list for long, maybe try searching their archives.

Good luck!