| sobukus | Hi folks ... I just experienced serious JACK stuttering because of a background process that updated some database (apt related?) ... and I remembered about having to disable such ... but I don't remember exactly anymore | 10:16 |
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| sobukus | What's the current way to disable system services nowadays in ubuntu? I figure that killing off cron might be a good idea on an audio production box. | 10:16 |
| gordonjcp | sobukus: updatedb, possibly? | 10:36 |
| sobukus | gordonjcp: is that the specific evil service? | 10:51 |
| sobukus | eh ... wait ... I remember faintly ... that was for locate, right? | 10:51 |
| gordonjcp | yes | 10:52 |
| gordonjcp | ... and it basically runs a find / and stores everything ;-) | 10:52 |
| gordonjcp | so it hits every mounted partition | 10:52 |
| sobukus | yeah, but I've spotted a process name ... and that was not updatedb | 10:54 |
| sobukus | heck, where did I read about this needless apt-related database thingie ... | 10:54 |
| sobukus | Couldn't one just make qjackctl disable cron while JACK is active? | 10:55 |
| sobukus | you don't want anything to happen besides audio work ... | 10:55 |
| gordonjcp | sobukus: I don't see why not | 10:58 |
| sobukus | gordonjcp: because when anything starts scratching over the disk drive, I'll get xruns | 11:00 |
| gordonjcp | sobukus: it shouldn't be that sensitive to disk access | 11:01 |
| sobukus | especially when it is something one never uses (like the locate db) | 11:01 |
| sobukus | gordonjcp: didn't I already tell that this machine is crappy in this regard? :-/ | 11:01 |
| gordonjcp | put it this way, if hitting the disk makes it xrun, how are you going to record anything? | 11:01 |
| sobukus | gordonjcp: Oh, Ardour2 lucidly streaming its data to disk is one thing, but when in parallel, another program frantically seeks around and reads/writes bits on the disk, plus consuming CPU ... it will not help my audio work | 11:02 |
| gordonjcp | okay | 11:03 |
| sobukus | basically I want all power for the task at hand ... not taking chances | 11:03 |
| sobukus | so I do wonder how evil it will be to disable cron altogether | 11:03 |
| gordonjcp | try it and see | 11:04 |
| gordonjcp | the worst that'll happen is that your computer will stop working properly and you'll get it into such a mess that you need to wipe and reinstall | 11:04 |
| sobukus | fine! ;-) | 11:04 |
| sobukus | Ha, that should solve it: I added a sudoers entry for passwordless cron-stopping and made qjackctl stop/start cron on jack start/stop. | 11:11 |
| sobukus | No messing with cron's config... | 11:11 |
| sandra_ | Good Morning. | 11:25 |
| sandra_ | I've installed UbuntuStudio 9.10 to try to make my new Echo AudioWire 4 work... but no luck. | 11:26 |
| sobukus | Hm, my user is disgruntled ... wants to have external drives appear as icons on the desktop, just like in regular ubuntu. | 13:08 |
| sobukus | Any idea how I configure that in ubuntu studio? | 13:08 |
| sobukus | Hm, and why is the panel different ... I see now that I should have installed plain ubuntu and some packages on top. | 13:10 |
| sobukus | I cannot explain to my user why this is "the same system" but the panel is different, icons don't appear where one is used to ... | 13:11 |
| sobukus | Ah! http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/hide-removable-drive-icons-from-your-ubuntu-desktop/ | 13:14 |
| sobukus | That takes care of the drive icons. | 13:14 |
| sobukus | now if I could configure the menu / panel like in ubuntu standard | 13:15 |
| ScottL | sobukus, you can do that pretty easily | 13:26 |
| ScottL | right click on the existing panel, select add new panel, it should put one at the bottom | 13:26 |
| sobukus | ScottL: I found it now ... the "custom menu" | 13:27 |
| ScottL | if it puts the new panel either left or right, right click on the new panel, choose properties and look for location or something similar | 13:27 |
| ScottL | sobukus, good for the menu part :) | 13:27 |
| sobukus | ScottL: yeah, I have the panel ... the question was about the standard split of the main menu into Applications / Places / System | 13:28 |
| sobukus | that's this custom menu thingie someplace in the list of "add new thingie" | 13:28 |
| sobukus | So, it seems the user should be happy now . | 13:28 |
| * sobukus waves goodbye | 13:31 | |
| sobukus | have fun | 13:31 |
| xyclo_ | !, so I discovered my laptop is 64-bit compatible. 3Gb RAM, but plan to get to 6-8... I won't ask if it is worth it, I will just ask: For the typical audio apps (Jack, Ardour, H2, plugins, etc.) is it a pain to find 64bit versions of anything, or does it at all become an issue in terms of compatibility with other systems? kernel problems? Anything you can comment on? Thanks! | 16:11 |
| xyclo_ | Hi | 16:11 |
| xyclo_ | um... Anybody around at this time?? | 16:11 |
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| holstein | xyclo: hey | 16:20 |
| holstein | whats up? | 16:20 |
| xyclo | --> You are no talking TO YOURSELF on #ubuntustudio... | 16:20 |
| xyclo | Hey!!! | 16:20 |
| xyclo | There you are. | 16:21 |
| xyclo | How are you? | 16:21 |
| xyclo | holstein: I poster a question up there... Any ideas about 64bit arch for audio apps? | 16:22 |
| xyclo | posted... | 16:23 |
| holstein | 64bit is fine | 16:23 |
| holstein | i run it here | 16:23 |
| xyclo | great | 16:23 |
| holstein | you wont really take advantage of it though | 16:23 |
| holstein | with the 3 gigs of ram | 16:23 |
| xyclo | I see | 16:23 |
| holstein | under 4 gigs of ram | 16:23 |
| xyclo | that's what I saw | 16:24 |
| holstein | performance is arguably worse | 16:24 |
| xyclo | ok | 16:24 |
| holstein | i would say, if this is your only box | 16:24 |
| holstein | do 32 | 16:24 |
| xyclo | aha | 16:24 |
| xyclo | ok | 16:24 |
| xyclo | but with more ram is it dependable? | 16:24 |
| xyclo | or are therethings I would not be able to use? | 16:25 |
| holstein | sure | 16:25 |
| holstein | its up to you really | 16:25 |
| holstein | you would need to research what all you need to use | 16:26 |
| holstein | the only thing i miss is lightscribe suppore | 16:26 |
| holstein | the only thing i miss is lightscribe support* | 16:26 |
| xyclo | I see | 16:26 |
| xyclo | so some apps here and there... | 16:26 |
| xyclo | ok | 16:26 |
| holstein | nothing from buntu is going to be a problem | 16:27 |
| holstein | either way | 16:27 |
| holstein | nor will you install 64bit and say 'w0w' | 16:27 |
| xyclo | hahah, ok | 16:27 |
| xyclo | The upgrade of ram itself will give more of a wow I guess... | 16:28 |
| holstein | potentially | 16:29 |
| xyclo | well, you confirm the thoughts I had. Thanks | 16:32 |
| xyclo | it's finally sunny here in Brooklyn, so I'll go take advantage! | 16:32 |
| xyclo | I'll catch you later, holstein | 16:32 |
| holstein | xyclo: laters :) | 16:34 |
| MmikeDOMA | Hippl. What software to use to grab/capture/record video from /dev/video0? | 19:21 |
| holstein | MmikeDOMA: hey | 20:10 |
| MmikeDOMA | holstein, hola | 20:10 |
| holstein | vlc ? | 20:10 |
| MmikeDOMA | hm... a sec :) | 20:10 |
| holstein | im around, kinda in and out too | 20:11 |
| MmikeDOMA | :) haven't tought of vlc | 20:12 |
| MmikeDOMA | i'll try | 20:12 |
| MmikeDOMA | i'm trying that is | 20:12 |
| MmikeDOMA | working! | 20:14 |
| MmikeDOMA | Cool! :) | 20:14 |
| MmikeDOMA | just to lear how to save stream in vlc :) | 20:21 |
| holstein | MmikeDOMA: cool | 20:39 |
| holstein | so many options in VLC | 20:39 |
| MmikeDOMA | yes | 20:39 |
| MmikeDOMA | but it is working, and that's important | 20:39 |
| holstein | usually does the trick for my needs | 20:39 |
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