[05:56] Can anyone assist with either some advice in JACK configuration, or a pointer to a well written *recent* guide? I have a Line6 PodXT live (digital guitar amp) that I'm trying to get USB-plugged into my machine (ubuntu 12.10 w/ustudio ) so that the guitar signal shows up in Ardour. (cont) [05:57] Through various experiments I've managed to get the guitar signal to show up on Ardour's VU meters ... but it doesn't hit the recording track, and (more importantly) I don't hear the guitar through the monitors/system speakers [06:01] while you wait for some 1 who knows this stufff, you can also try in #jack and #opensourcemusicians [06:01] cool, thanks === tsimpson_ is now known as tsimpson [14:38] Hi Guys can anyone tell me how to install "kompozer" formally knows as "UNV" [14:39] Edmund, sudo apt-get install kompozer? [14:39] Is it in the repo? [14:40] apt-cache search kompozer [14:40] It's possible to download and install manually http://www.kompozer.net/ [14:40] It not in the repo and I tried sudo apt-get install kompozer which gives me : Reading package lists... Done [14:40] Building dependency tree [14:40] Reading state information... Done [14:40] E: Unable to locate package kompozer [14:43] Edmund: You can download from their site, then unpack the tar file anywhere, and run the binary "kompozer" [14:43] It has some dependencies though [14:43] Doesn't work and no clue is given about missing whatever... [14:44] google is your friend too http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=484165 [14:44] !lmgtfy [14:44] While Google is useful for helpers, many newer users don't have the google-fu yet. Please don't tell people to "google it" when they ask a question. [14:44] zequence, ^ :P [14:44] http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/10.04/?q=kompozer [14:45] smartboyhw: I guess you didn't notice I also answered his question, while I told him how I found the answer [14:46] zequence, reminder only:) [14:46] smartboyhw: Please, don't remind me [14:46] .... [14:46] done all that, doest't work! [14:47] Edmund, :O [14:47] Edmund: The package is meant for Ubuntu 10.04, but it may work on newer [14:47] I want it on unbuntustudio ( beta2 ) [14:55] Edmund: I'm looking up the dependencies, hold on [14:59] It's claiming that a dependency is missing, even when it isn't [14:59] zequence, which? [15:00] smartboyhw: Are you also looking at this? [15:00] zequence, no. I'm helping out the UbuntuKylin guys to understand the difficult administration of the ISO QA Tracker:P [15:00] Then why ask? [15:01] zequence, I rather think the app set the install location wrong [15:01] For example, it looks at the dependency like /opt/bin/zequence, but actually it is in /usr/bin/zequence, etc. [15:01] Maybe [15:02] smartboyhw: It's trying to find a runtime library, and yes, probably looking in the wrong place [15:04] zequence, Edmund what happened is that somebody requested removal of kompozer in 12.10 [15:04] and of course, 13.04 [15:04] zequence, I rather would want to download https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/kompozer_0.8%7Eb3.dfsg.1-0.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb and dpkg -i it [15:04] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kompozer [15:05] Edmund, ^ [15:06] At least that's a 12.04 binary [15:06] For reference: Bug 1065547 [15:06] bug 1065547 in kompozer (Ubuntu) "Please remove kompozer from quantal" [Wishlist,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1065547 [15:06] It's actually reported by micahg:O [15:11] It's no longer maintained in Debian. That is why it's removed [15:11] I think my problem has to do with this being a 64bit system [15:12] multiarch!!!! [15:12] LOL [15:14] I can confirm that installing the .deb packages smartboyhw linked to will work [15:14] zequence, \o/ [15:15] Edmund: Download and install in this order https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/kompozer-data_0.8%7Eb3.dfsg.1-0.1ubuntu2_all.deb [15:15] Edmund: If 64bit https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/kompozer_0.8%7Eb3.dfsg.1-0.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb [15:15] Edmund: if 32bit https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/kompozer_0.8%7Eb3.dfsg.1-0.1ubuntu2_i386.deb [15:16] The command to install from command line is: sudo dpkg -i [15:17] Edmund: Actually, you might want to start with: sudo apt-get install libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk2.0-0 libidl0 libnspr4 libnss3 libpango1.0-0 libpng12-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libxft2 libxinerama1 libxrender1 libxt6 zlib1g [15:17] Then download and install the two packages [16:00] Now I get : [16:00] sudo dpkg -i kompozer_0.8~b3.dfsg.1-0.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb [16:00] Selecting previously unselected package kompozer. [16:00] (Reading database ... 311978 files and directories currently installed.) [16:00] Unpacking kompozer (from kompozer_0.8~b3.dfsg.1-0.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... [16:00] dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kompozer: [16:00] kompozer depends on kompozer-data; however: [16:00] Package kompozer-data is not installed. [16:00] dpkg: error processing kompozer (--install): [16:00] dependency problems - leaving unconfigured [16:00] Processing triggers for menu ... [16:00] Processing triggers for man-db ... [16:00] Edmund, install kompozer-data first [16:00] Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... [16:00] Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... [16:00] Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... [16:00] Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... [16:00] Errors were encountered while processing: [16:00] kompozer [16:00] !paste | Edmund [16:00] Edmund: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://imagebin.org/?page=add | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. [16:00] Edmund, install the -data first [16:01] Then install the main thing [16:02] Edmund: Read the whole text I wrote. Start with the dependencies, then install the packages in the right order [16:02] Edmund: At this point, you might want to start with fixing your apt: sudo apt-get install -f [16:03] Edmund: Then the dependencies: sudo apt-get install libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk2.0-0 libidl0 libnspr4 libnss3 libpango1.0-0 libpng12-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libxft2 libxinerama1 libxrender1 libxt6 zlib1g [16:03] And then the packages - in the right order [16:08] Wowie, Thank you guys! I can open kompozer, great! [16:08] Edmund, zequence \o/ === smartboyhw_ is now known as smartboyhw [16:14] hi all, if i just want to use ardour then i might as well install ubuntu and setup jack2 myself ? or is there anything else that ubuntu studio provides ? [16:15] is_null: Add yourself to audio group, in order to get realtime privilege [16:16] is_null: Also, if you require low latency, install linux-lowlatency [16:16] is_null: Of course, you also need to answer "yes", when asked about realtime prio when installing jackd [16:17] thanks zequence, so ubuntu + a low latency kernel + jack2 is as good as ubuntu studio for ardour ? [16:18] is_null: well yes [16:18] smartboyhw: He was asking me [16:18] ah ok, thanks [16:18] is_null: And adding yourself to audio group [16:19] is_null: Also, we have swappiness turned down to 10. It's at 60 by default [16:20] is_null: You can adjust swappiness in /etc/sysctl.conf [16:33] I'd asked last night - but fell off line and couldn't see if anyone answered -- Can anyone assist with either some advice in JACK configuration, or a pointer to a well written *recent* guide? I have a Line6 PodXT live (digital guitar amp) that I'm trying to get USB-plugged into my machine (ubuntu 12.10 w/ustudio ) so that the guitar signal shows up in Ardour. (cont) [16:34] rough various experiments I've managed to get the guitar signal to show up on Ardour's VU meters ... but it doesn't hit the recording track, and (more importantly) I don't hear the guitar through the monitors/system speakers (the important part right now -- some day I'll actually buy an amp with speakers :-) ) [16:43] khanfused: Could you do this in a terminal, and post the results on http://paste.ubuntu.com: cat /proc/asound/cards [16:44] Then post the link here [16:45] http://paste.ubuntu.com/5724947/ [16:46] khanfused: So, this is the ID name for your USB device "PODxtLive". We'll use that later [16:46] khanfused: How do you usually start jack? [16:47] I re-did the experiments (mostly by noodling my way through) today. I either start up qjackCtl or Patchage, and that starts the jack services [16:47] today it's patchage -- in both cases I've had accidental successes, but today patchage has me getting signal to Ardour's master channel. (That could be me being a n00b about patching/setup) [16:47] khanfused: problem with starting patchage, if jack isn't running, is that it will start jackd, while qjackctl with default settings will start jackdbus, so you'll have two jacks running [16:47] ... ah [16:48] I have the 1 running - jackd [16:48] just checked [16:48] khanfused: I'd use qjackctl to start jack, and then if you prefer patchage, start it afterwards [16:48] or, let me check patchage.. [16:49] khanfused: patchage will read your settings in ~/.jackdrc [16:50] khanfused: Could you post the results from: cat ~/.jackdrc [16:50] It's just one line [16:50] /usr/bin/jackd -p 128 -R -P 60 -T -d alsa -n 2 -r 44100 -p 1024 -d hw:1,0 [16:53] khanfused: Close patchage, then kill jack: killall jackd [16:53] done [16:53] and of course ardour complains about losing its friend :-) [16:53] khanfused: Then, replace "hw:1,0" with "hw:PODxtLive", without the quotes, and make sure you add hw: [16:54] in .jackdrc [16:54] or, to test it directly from the terminal: jackd -d alsa -d hw:PODxtLive [16:55] file edited [16:55] khanfused: The order of the cards may change at each boot, so when you start patchage, there's no saying which card is started, if the .jackdrc says hw:1 [16:56] khanfused: Try the command first, to see if jack will start: jackd -d alsa -d hw:PODxtLive [16:56] want a pastebin of the results? [16:56] khanfused: Not if it worked [16:57] seemed to [16:57] none of the outputs screamed 'error' [16:57] If it didn't stop, it worked [16:57] You can shut it down with Ctrl+C [16:57] khanfused: So, now, patchage will always start jack with your usb device [16:59] khanfused: As for getting a signal into Ardour, you just need to make sure your Line6 is connected to the correct Ardour input. You can do that in patchage, or Qjackctl -> Connect [17:00] khanfused: btw, if you want qjackctl to also start hw:PODxtLive, you'll need to add it manually to Qjackctl -> Setup -> "Interface" [17:01] khanfused: And about monitoring. One easy way is to just connect your System input to your System output [17:01] khanfused: All though, you can set monitoring in Ardour too. I haven't yet tried it, but it's usually not too complicated once you find the right buttons or settings [17:02] 'finding the right settings' seems to be the fun part :-) ... still trying to recreate what I did in patchage earlier -- whether or not it's correct. in Patchage the pod doesn't seem to want to connect to anythign but ardour's control/mcu/seq channels [17:02] which I think (from what I read) those three and the POD are considered alsa sources (green highlight) [17:02] khanfused: Those are not audio signals [17:03] didn't think so [17:03] khanfused: So, you're probably connecting its midi interface [17:03] khanfused: Usually, the audio interface is called System [17:03] capture 1 and capture 2 [17:03] (for system) [17:03] Those would be inputs [17:04] so, connect one or both captures to ardours inputs [17:04] and doing that gave me VU on the master channel [17:04] dependning if you'll be recording stereo or not. Pods have stereo FX, which is why you'd sometimes want to do that [17:05] I only dropped one guitar track down in ardour -- I assume that's why I have only one ardour guitar input [17:05] khanfused: In Ardour, create a new channel. Then, connect your Pod to that channel [17:05] the more channels you add to ardour, the more inputs it'll get [17:06] I gotta go, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. good luck [17:06] thanks! [21:06] hi there :-) [21:07] i try Ubuntustudio so here i am :-) [21:08] it is installing ... hahaha while i am here and watch The Big Bangtheory :D [21:08] as we know Ubuntu is Sheldons favoritedistribution [21:09] i did not know that [21:14] but does say that in S3 '3 [21:14] but does say that in S3 '22 [21:16] i only watch when im too lazy to turn the channel :P [21:31] Who's Sheldon? [21:33] a character on TV's The Big Bang Theory