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drfishhi all.00:01
drfishanyone know why I would get "An error occurred while restoring previously-installed applications.  The installation will continue, but you may have to manually reinstall some applications after the computer reboots." on a freshinstall of u-studio12.04?00:01
drfishI do have another partition with another os, but dont see how that should cause u-studio install any issue..00:01
prompt32error after ... what ?00:02
prompt32during install ?00:03
drfishyes.. at end of install00:04
drfishbefore restart00:04
drfishwas just reading a bug report for Quantal that looks like same issue so perhaps it is a known issue. will restart and see what happens, I suppose :)00:06
prompt32actually the install process unmount everything except your installation partition00:06
prompt32so dont think of this. what else ?00:06
drfishpossibly it failed to dl something? the bugreport mentions flash dl failing.. I did have 3rd party and download udates selected00:09
drfishlet me restart and see if anything obvious is missing00:10
drfishbrb..00:10
prompt32that's not ok. make a offline installation, and u can add what u want after00:10
laekritsanyone awake?01:09
drfishsure!01:10
laekritsheya (o:01:11
laekritswas just contemplating a HP Compaq 2710p / Ubuntu Studio combo..01:11
laekritswondering what cool combinations people were coming up with for older hardware..01:12
drfishhehe.. I am not the right one for that.. since I just put together a shiny new machine primarily for u-studio :)01:12
laekritsrocks01:12
laekritsis your primary work machine?01:13
laekritsi do print stuff mostly but audio / video too..01:13
drfishprompt32: for some reason that first install didnt set up grub right.. so started over.. no warning this time.01:13
drfishlaekrits:I am a wannabe producer/edm artist and software engineer, so my machine plays dual role, software dev and music dev.01:14
laekritscool cool.. low enough latency for filtered pass through?01:14
laekritslike a guitar cab simulator or something back into your headphones01:15
drfishbeen using u-studio+kxstudio for some time on two machines, core-i7 lappy and Phenom X4 desktop for some time, never noticed latency at all :)01:15
laekritslots to google there (o:01:15
drfishplayed a little running guitar through rakarack and guitarix.. both pretty latency free..01:15
laekritsi only got jacks a few weeks ago.. long ways to go, hehe.. i like the u-studio / bundled approach01:16
laekritshopefully save a lot of installation headaches01:16
drfishnew machine was basically becuase I got bored and hadnt built a 'puter in about 5 years, so got an AMD FX-8320 and built a machine around it.. just now (still in installer) put u-studio on it.01:17
drfishgonna see if I can get Ardour3 + a bazillion effects cranking all 8 cores :)01:17
laekritsif you can, why not? i'm trying to work my way toward being able to endure any catastrophe :oP am adobe-dependent01:18
drfishI am actually contemplating a gentoo+kxstudio build, I really want to try to optimize for that fx proc.. but u-studio+kxstudio just works (tm) so getting that up first as my primary distro, while I try to build out a gentoo.01:19
laekritsyou're trying stuff all the time?01:19
len-1304Paying attention to your HW is the key, at least with older systems, but new oses can be effected too.01:20
drfishI played with mint for a couple of days - have some reservations about ubuntu and its direction - but as nice and slick as mint is, i think getting it "right" for audio will take a bit of tweaking, and if I am going to go that far, I am going to do a gentoo and tune it to the n-th01:20
laekritshw = hardware?01:21
len-1304Yes.01:21
len-1304shared irqs can effect even fast machines01:21
drfishlakrits: I have actually been pretty stable on ubuntu for the past 5ish years - used many diffferent before that.. got tired of trying to keep my distro working rather than working on my own stuff.. thus the ubuntu switch.01:21
len-1304hyperthreading and be hard on latency01:22
drfishbut now ubuntu's direction dosnt jive with me.. so looking around.01:22
drfishand like I said, I want to see what this fx proc can do with properly optimized (not intellized) builds.01:22
drfishlen-1304: good points. you got any good pointers on hand for the irq issues? I understand them, but dont know much about dealing with them.01:23
len-1304I use cat /proc/interrupts just like anyone else.01:23
len-1304I find the audio cards(s) and make sure they have their own irq.01:24
drfishlol. i meant docs on what the issues can be and what to look for to fix :)01:24
drfishic01:24
len-1304This may mean moving internal cards to a new slot01:24
len-1304or plugging a USB IF into a different port.01:24
len-1304I would turn hyperthreading off in bios01:25
drfishwell, my audio is external firewire, and only cards in my box are 2 vid (one will come out momentarily, cant geth them to play nice) on pcie, and one pci wirelss card.01:25
len-1304with multi processors it doesn't help much anyway.01:25
drfishno hyperthreading here.. true 8 cores :)01:25
drfishthough I may try axing the ht on my lappy.. hadnt thought of that.01:26
len-1304Then you need to make sure your FW port has it's own irq, same thing.01:26
drfishright got it.. thanks for that pointer!01:26
drfishbrb - assuming this install went right :)01:27
len-1304It depends on the machine,I have to turn the wireless off in my netbook to get good audio01:27
drfish_ok.. who has a pointer to good grub docs? u-studio didnt set up grub to launch it, so stuck in my mint install!01:30
len-1304Do you have more than one disk drive?01:31
len-1304I have not had ubuntu fail to install grub, but where it has installed it has not always been where I want it01:32
drfish_one drive01:34
len-1304Which install option did you use?01:34
drfish_had mint installed in first(primary) partition. installed u-studio in second (primary). have one more primary and an extended part as well.01:34
len-1304ok01:35
drfish_straigt from grub to install01:35
len-1304 so used the "something else" option?01:35
len-1304(for partitioning?)01:35
drfish_oh, right yes..01:35
drfish_which has never failed on me before.. I almost always do "sometihg else" for partitioning..01:36
len-1304Yup same here.01:36
len-1304there is a bar on the bottom for selecting where you want grub.01:36
len-1304With one drive it can be set to /dev/sda, /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 etc.01:38
drfish_yeah.. and I set it for /sda01:38
len-1304I have been saying "I don't know" too often today :P01:39
drfish_lol01:39
len-1304I wonder if Mint locks it somehow.01:39
drfish_used to be I either knew, or knew where to look.. but ubuntu has spoilt me a bit, with its "just works" approach01:39
drfish_eh.. i'll wipe the whole gd machine if I have to.. 4 days without a fully working machine is making me grumpy01:40
len-1304I used to run slackware from version .8* to 11.*01:40
drfish_gentoo for a few years myself.01:41
len-1304Can you get a mint boot to rebuid grub?01:41
drfish_mint is booted01:41
drfish_that was what i was looking for, remembering how to config/build grub01:41
len-1304so if mint rebuilds grub it should grab other OS as well... I hope :)01:41
len-1304Did you have any other partitions mounted while you were installing?01:42
drfish_shouldnt have01:43
drfish_ok, did update-grub, i see some /sda2 entries in grub.cfg01:43
drfish_i see what it did.. wrote grub config to /sda2/boot instead of /sda1/boot01:46
drfish_brb.. see if this worked .. btw thanks for the input01:48
yahbahhowdy02:02
prompt32re05:54
jeff_i need some help with my mic inputs07:02
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Guest13339can anyone spare a sec to help me out07:04
minist3rCan anyone help with a Mic not showing up issue I'm having07:14
zequenceminist3r: Are we talking about jack or pulseaudio?07:15
zequenceAnd where is the mic connected?07:16
minist3rQjackctl07:16
minist3rIts actually the Mic input on my laptop it won't show up as an input in anything but the system settings07:16
zequenceminist3r: Usually, the mic input and line input are one and the same. The mic becomes active when you stick something in it. Did you try that?07:17
zequenceOh, right..07:18
zequenceThat mic07:18
zequenceOr, are you talking about a builtin mic?07:18
minist3rI did and even though it shows audio going in in ardour none of the inputs are the Mic input and no its not the built in Mic that works just fine but obviously sounds terrible07:19
minist3rI guess what I'm asking is there a way to force add an input in ardour and jack07:20
zequencejack will only show what your audio device has, physically07:20
minist3rAnd actually if I just use jack it gives me an error of no inputs but not with qjackctl07:20
zequenceqjackctl controls jack07:21
zequencejack is jack07:21
minist3rI guess ill just have to go buy an interface I was hoping to lay down some song ideas07:22
zequenceIf you get sound from your mic, then it works07:22
zequenceotherwise, as you said, might be a good idea to get an audio device07:22
minist3rOnly sounf settings shows its working07:22
zequencesound settings?07:23
minist3rUbuntu studio sound settings07:23
zequenceThere's no Ubuntu Studio sound setting. I guess you are talking about the pulseaudio mixer07:23
zequenceThe desktop sound07:23
zequenceOr, the desktop sound server07:23
minist3rThe little icon in the top right that shows volume07:24
zequenceWhen using jack, try using a alsa mixer to control your card07:24
zequenceYeah, the volume icon belongs to the desktop sound system - pulseaudio07:24
zequencepulseaudio uses alsa drivers, just like jack, but is more focused on consumer audio07:24
zequence!poraudio07:24
zequence!proaudio07:25
ubottuFor information on professional audio tools in Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro07:25
minist3rI've read pulseaudio doesn't get along with jack sometimes07:25
zequenceDon't believe everything you read07:25
minist3rThat was on ubuntu forum07:25
zequenceThere's a bug in pulseaudio, previous to version 3, which makes it not let go of the card, when jack requests it - for some people07:25
minist3rAhh07:26
zequenceminist3r: When using jack, use a alsa mixer to control your HW levels07:26
zequenceEither from the terminal, with alsamixer07:27
zequenceOr, using the gui mixer - I forget its name07:27
minist3rThe frustrating thing is it all works on my nettop but it can't handle realtime07:27
zequencealsamixer is pretty simple. You start it with the command "alsamixer", choose audio device with "F6", and quit it with "ESC"07:28
zequenceGotta run. good luck07:28
minist3rThanks07:28
mmwHello! Anybody know how to import video from JVC Everio camcorder in Ubuntu Studio?15:34
holsteinmmw: depends15:34
mmw:)15:34
mmwIf I say please? ;)15:35
holsteinmmw: i would just try using one of the video editors with an import function15:35
len-1304That is not what he meant15:35
holsteinit will depend a lot of hardware support15:35
holsteina lot on*15:35
mmw@len, I understand :) It was a joke.15:35
len-1304If your video is stored on an sd then plug the sd into the computer and drag and drop15:36
mmwWell, Ubuntu sees the SD card in the camera when I plug in the USB.15:36
holsteini like it when the camera's show up as a mass storage device and just let me pull the vid's over, but if thats not an option, try just opening something that imports video and see15:36
holsteinthe SD card thing would be the way to go ^^15:36
mmwBut the files are not recognized by Openshot. I tried Kino, but that doesn't work either.15:36
holsteinmmw: just take the sd card out of the camera, and put it in the actual machine15:36
len-1304ffmpeg may be able to convert15:37
len-1304or linav these days15:37
mmwthanks len15:37
len-1304libav*15:37
mmwwhat else does it do, lenav?15:37
len-1304libav is a fork of ffmpeg15:37
len-1304it happens to be what ubuntu comes with15:38
len-1304So if you use a ffmpeg command, that is what will run15:38
mmwhmm ok so ffmpeg is a dependency?15:39
len-1304different program15:39
mmwof libav just the gui for ffmpeg?15:39
mmwok15:39
len-1304it is a replacemnt for ffmpeg15:39
holstein!infor ubuntu-restricted-extras15:39
len-1304The real ffmpeg may have better support for more formats15:39
holstein!info ubuntu-restricted-extras15:39
ubottuubuntu-restricted-extras (source: ubuntu-restricted-extras): Commonly used restricted packages for Ubuntu. In component multiverse, is optional. Version 57 (quantal), package size 2 kB, installed size 30 kB15:39
holsteini usually just install that ^^15:40
mmwthank you!15:40
mmwproblem is that i am looking for an intuitive way to import video, as it is meant to use by people who have not much technical knowledge, let alone ubuntu15:43
mmwgui would be nice15:45
holsteinmmw: just drag it over in the file manager15:45
holsteinmmw: i put my sd card in.. i open the filemanager of my choice.. i drag it over15:45
mmwbut it is a .DAT file, OpenShot cannot read those15:46
holsteinmmw: i would look on the camera and see if i could save or export as friendlier file types15:47
holsteinwhat you are having an issue with is *not* the user friendliness of importing videos15:47
holsteinthis could be *any* file that linux is not allowed access to15:47
holsteinmmw: i would search "ubuntu convert .dat to *whatever*" or search "linux convert .dat to *whatever*"15:48
holsteinsubstitute *whatever* for avi, or mp4 or ogg... or whatever15:49
holsteinhttp://convert.software.informer.com/download-convert-dat-to-avi-in-linux/ for example15:49
mmwhey thanks15:49
holsteinthen, you can import the proprietary files that device makes15:49
mmwi see no option in the camera for saving in other format15:49
holsteinmmw: let the vendor know you dont appreciate the issues you are having with the proprietary format they are forcing you to use15:51
mmwi would hate to have to go back to windows for this15:51
holstein?15:51
holsteinthe OS is irrelevant15:51
holsteinthe vendor can provide you tools for linux if they want.. but they might not15:51
holsteinthat is why you might "need" windows for that device15:52
mmwwell, i don't have problems with the pre installed iMovie in os x15:52
mmwtrue, the cd does have windows programs15:52
holsteinmmw: that is still a file type support issue15:52
holsteinmmw: that is not a linux problem15:52
holsteinthere is no "linux" making sure that vendor supports it15:52
mmwi had hoped that studio had built in support15:52
holsteinjust you and me, and the stuff we have that we are trying to use15:52
holsteinmmw: we are not allowed to15:53
holsteinthis is not tech support.. this is a volunteer, community based effort to supply support15:54
holsteinwe are not allowed to know anything about that proprietary format15:54
holsteineven if we were official paid tech support.. if you called apple or microsoft, they would tell you to contact the vendor for support15:54
holsteinand you can contact the vendor.. or, just convert the files to something friendlier15:55
mmwthank you all for your help15:55
mmwi am going to look for a way15:55
holsteinmmw: be sure you are asking the proper question15:56
holsteinyou are asking "how do i import my video from this specific camera"15:56
holsteinthat is far from the actual issue15:56
holsteinyou can pull the file over off the sd card.. doesnt matter what the device is15:56
holsteinthen, you have a file type issue.. a proprietary format15:56
holsteinyou need a converter for that format, to make it useable.. the device is irrelevant and never needs to be attached to linux at all15:57
mmwwell, in Final Cut Pro or iMovie, there is simply a menu option that allows you to "capture"/transfer video from the camera15:59
mmwKino has this option too, but doesn't support the file type it seems16:00
holsteinmmw: final cut pro and/or imovie could be made for linux16:01
holsteinmmw: i could give you a filetype that you could take from my linux box that wouldnt easily open on the windows or mac machines16:01
holsteinbut, they are open formats that are easily supported16:02
holsteinyou have a proprietary format16:02
holsteinmmw: i would convert the .dat to something kino can, and more definitively, is *allowed* to use16:02
holsteinhttps://answers.launchpad.net/openshot/+question/17350116:03
mmwthanks16:04
mmwI will let you know if i find a solution16:05
mmwthanks a lot for your help16:06
mmwbye16:06
SunStarhaving a problem with resuming from suspend on 13.   didnt look at the tech details when aport gave me the chance. how do i see them so i know whether this KernelOops report already on launchpad currently reported is actually related to my crash?18:52
len-1304SunStar, the log files are all in /var/log/19:35
SunStari didnt see anything there19:35
len-1304there is one that says kernel.* and one called syslog19:35
len-1304That is the best I know.19:35

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