[ardour-users] where do i start]

vector vector180 at aanet.com.au
Thu Jan 27 02:33:19 PST 2005


as ordered :)

Mark Knecht wrote:

>OK - let's get really basic. After you've built this machine and
>installed the software can you do anything simple with audio
>
i have had lots of trouble doing just this. playing a simple cd for 
example  tho i suspect this is because it isnt mounted.

> Can you run alspalayer and play a CD?
>
a friend had it working once but since the crash..bad kernel update... i 
now have a clean new sarge and lots of things are missing :(

> Are the sound modules loaded? Provide back
>
>lsmod  output
>  
>
mark at saturnlx:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
mga                   112772  2
ipv6                  264612  8
lp                     11176  0
emu10k1_gp              3584  0
gameport                4704  1 emu10k1_gp
snd_emu10k1            98920  2
snd_rawmidi            25156  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm_oss            55048  1
snd_mixer_oss          20096  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                98728  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25668  1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_device          8200  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         70020  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc         11752  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            4576  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               9412  1 snd_emu10k1
snd                    57156  10 
snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep
soundcore              10336  3 snd
8139cp                 20672  0
pci_hotplug            34640  0
af_packet              22600  2
intel_agp              22816  1
parport_pc             36900  1
parport                41832  2 lp,parport_pc
floppy                 61200  0
mousedev               10476  2
tsdev                   7392  0
psmouse                20360  0
pcspkr                  3592  0
rtc                    12760  0
evdev                   9600  0
uhci_hcd               33136  0
usbcore               119012  3 uhci_hcd
8139too                26112  0
mii                     5120  2 8139cp,8139too
crc32                   4320  2 8139cp,8139too
agpgart                34696  2 intel_agp
nls_cp437               5696  1
isofs                  37240  0
capability              4520  0
commoncap               7232  1 capability
ide_cd                 42656  0
cdrom                  40732  1 ide_cd
ntfs                  101940  1
ext2                   71848  0
ext3                  127240  1
jbd                    62616  1 ext3
mbcache                 9348  2 ext2,ext3
ide_generic             1408  0
ide_disk               19296  5
piix                   13440  1
ide_core              139908  4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,piix
sd_mod                 21696  0
ata_piix                8164  0
libata                 41700  1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              125196  2 sd_mod,libata
unix                   28692  544
font                    8320  0
vesafb                  6656  0
cfbcopyarea             3840  1 vesafb
cfbimgblt               3040  1 vesafb
cfbfillrect             3776  1 vesafb

mark at saturnlx:~$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.4 (Mon May 17 
14:31:44 2004 UTC).
Compiled on Nov 25 2004 for kernel 2.6.8-1-686.

mark at saturnlx:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Live           ]: EMU10K1 - Sound Blaster Live!
                     Sound Blaster Live! (rev.8) at 0xe800, irq 10

MORE info

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda6       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hda5       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom    iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy   auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
/dev/hdb        /cdrom          iso9660 ro,user,,  0       0
/dev/hdc1       /mp3s           ntfs    ro,umask=744

mark at saturnlx:~$ mount
/dev/hda5 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hdc1 on /mp3s type ntfs (ro,umask=744)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev on /.dev type unknown (rw,bind)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,size=5M,mode=0755)

if insert a music cd the cd player comes up(gnome/multimedia). it knows 
the cd name the tracks even but it just sits there. hitting play gets me 
no where. I tested this with headphones in the cdrom jack and there is 
no audio. the cd light flickers but no audio.
ahh if i put the cd in the cd burner i can hear it.
ok..
cdplay -d /dev/hdb plays the top cd
cdplay -d /dev/hdd plays the bottom (burner cd)
at the same time even ;)
however just cdplay which defualts to /dev/cdrom gives error
mark at saturnlx:~$ cdplay
cdplay: can't open cdrom (/dev/cdrom)
cdplay:  CD status is no_disc

something is screwy with my mount points and things
i looked and couldnt find/media/cdrom for example but there is a /cdrom

ill have a play and see if i cant sort this out first.
I found some tutorials on fstab and mount ill see if they refresh my memory

>cat /proc/asound/cards
>
>
>On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:08:39 +1000, vector <vector180 at aanet.com.au> wrote:
>  
>
>>ok lets go basic ;)
>>new sarge install
>>apt-get install alsa
>>which then says run alsaconf
>>alsaconf
>>modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
>>modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
>>modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
>>
>>which then says cant find sound cards
>>then tries for legacy
>>basicly cant find sound card
>>i have a sound blaster 128
>>
>>Wayne Myers wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>I've just installed Debian sarge and have ardour, jack, and alsa
>>>working fine, modulo my crappy hardware :). Maybe I can help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>while i have apt-get install ardour, jack, alsa
>>>>ardour still wont find jack
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>What do you mean by this? I'm wondering if you're trying to start
>>>ardour without seperately starting jack, and having ardour barf
>>>because it needs jackd to be running before it starts (and doesn't
>>>start it itself if it isn't found because it has no way of guessing
>>>what the correct way to start it will be, though, presumably, some
>>>future version might be able to do that if it was told how explicitly).
>>>
>>>I looked briefly at the documentation for jack
>>>(http://jackit.sourceforge.net/docs/), but by that time
>>>I'd already apt-got qjackctl; it's a GUI that starts jack for you
>>>at the click of a button. Basically it sorts out the correct
>>>command line to run jack with, and makes it really easy to play with
>>>different options to get it running well, once you've got it running
>>>at all.
>>>
>>>What I do now is this: start qjackctl, hit the 'start jack' button, then
>>>start ardour. First I'd had to tell qjackctl to use 'jackstart' not
>>>'jackd', because I'd gone through the process described here:
>>>
>>>http://jackit.sourceforge.net/docs/faq.php#a54
>>>
>>>and enabled capabilities in the kernel, which I'd wanted to recompile
>>>anyway to get the lowlatency patch version. (I didn't know then you
>>>could just download one via Agnula as Derek described in his last
>>>mail, and wonder if it also has the capabilities thing already in it
>>>too). With capabilities you can start qjackctl (and ardour) as a normal
>>>user instead of root. They both have to be running as the same user or
>>>it won't work; obviously it's best not to run as root if possible.
>>>
>>>But it sounds like you're wanting to get it running at all before you
>>>start worrying about which user you're running it as. I found qjackctl
>>>a great help in terms of sidestepping the 'can't get jack running'
>>>problem; maybe you will too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>PLEASE NOTE if you think in in over my head,askign too much please say
>>>>so now ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Why should anyone think that?
>>>
>>>Hope you get it all running soon.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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