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inahdhey, i am having some trouble with jack and pulseaudio03:12
holsteininahd: shoot04:45
holsteininahd: are you using ubuntustudio?04:49
holsteininahd: if not, try downloading a live CD.. things should "just work" without much trouble04:49
holsteinfalks kxstudio ppa's are great, but not officially supported by ubuntustudio04:49
holstein!mint04:49
ubottuLinux Mint is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu. Please seek support in #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org04:49
inahdyeah i run mint but i installed the ubuntustudio repos, so i thought i might ask05:30
holsteininahd: we actually dont have any repos.. we only have official packages in the main ubuntu repos, and dont use or supply any custom sources05:32
inahdi tried the ubuntustudio QS, but i found it a bit easier last time around to tweak mint how i wanted it05:32
inahdoh yeah05:32
holsteininahd:  you likely installed mint, and added our metapackages, which is fine, but yeah, we cant support it, since the underlying OS is not ubuntu05:32
inahdi see05:32
holsteinand, we have no idea how the system will behave with JACK, etc.. i have see folks with issues before, though i would imagine everything should work, or be tweakable05:33
inahdi'm really only trying to figure out the command someone gave me once that i added in jack. i think it might have had something to do with pasuspender05:33
inahdthat allowed sound to flow between jack sessions05:34
holsteinflow between jack sessions?05:34
holstein!proaudio05:34
ubottuFor information on professional audio tools in Ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ProAudioIntro05:34
holsteinnot sure what that means... you should start jack only once.. there shouldnt be multiple jack servers05:34
inahdyeah like if i load jack, pulseaudio wont start back up after closing jack05:35
holsteininahd: thats something that could be due to mint specific pulse config05:35
inahdhmm ok05:35
holsteininahd: you might need to, and can try just starting pulse manually05:36
inahdseems like the mint-help community isn't so familiar with jack and stuff05:36
inahdok05:36
inahdthat is much better than rebooting05:36
holsteinthey'll just say "we dont ship it", cause they dont05:37
inahdsomeone gave me a line of code to put into the jack config that made it all better once05:37
inahdbut i forget05:37
holsteinthey wont care if they break jack05:37
holsteinor, likely notice05:37
holsteininahd: make what better?05:37
inahdthe boo boo05:38
holsteinpulse doesnt get killed like that anymore05:38
inahdhmm05:38
inahdi can't keep up!05:38
holsteininahd: there is a pulse dbus on by default in the packages we ship05:38
holsteinyou start jack, pulse is still running05:39
holsteinbut, you can literally just restart it if you are having issues05:39
holsteinyou can try not using the dbus05:39
inahdah05:39
holsteinin jack, under the misc tab, you can untick the dbus, and just not use it.. thats what i do05:39
inahdi vaguely  understand05:39
inahdok05:40
holsteinbut, we dont know what mint has done to pulse05:40
inahdi will mess with it some more05:40
holsteinthey are not expecting, or worried about JACK at all05:40
holsteinim not cracking on mint at all.. its just not something they do, or care about05:40
inahdright05:40
holsteinits nothing they will ever ship, or expect a user to use.. or care about devoting a team to test, or implement05:40
inahdi kind of wish i could get an OS that is somewhere between mint and avlinux05:41
holsteininahd: make your own05:41
inahdwhich is sort of ubuntustudio i guess...05:41
inahdone day perhaps05:42
holsteinavlinux is debian05:42
holsteininahd: you install debian and add what you want05:42
inahdwell, thats a good point05:42
holsteinotherwise, i say, if you are wanting to do audio work, mainly, then use a distro that at least would care about not breaking those apps05:43
holsteinmint is a great OS at what it is, and thats nothing to do with audio work05:43
inahdthats a good point05:43
inahdi never thought about it that way05:43
holsteincan you use mint? sure.. but if you are hitting a wall, and needing support, you are not going to get it05:43
holsteinits not a slam in any way05:43
inahdi understand05:44
inahdi was just dual booting before05:44
holsteinit would be better/arguably more appropriate to start with ubuntustudio.. or just ubuntu.. or debian05:44
inahdi would break ubuntu and mint trying to get everything set up for audio05:44
holsteininahd: stop breaking things05:44
inahdhehe05:44
inahdbut thats how i learned almost everything i know!05:45
holsteininahd: save the configs.. dont use unsupported ppa's.. dont even be online with that machine if not necessary05:45
inahdtrue05:45
holsteinmy production machine isnt online, and in dont upgrade it very often05:45
holsteinmore like AVlinux.. its just an appliance. you are intended to upgrade AVlinux05:45
inahdi would like to learn the vm setup for playing05:45
holsteininahd: nothing about JACK will work in a VM05:46
holsteinnot well05:46
inahdhaha ok05:46
holsteinyou dont virtualize for the production environments like that05:46
holsteindual boot works.. make a partition with whatever mint you like, and install ubuntustudio, AVLinux, Kxstudio, and/or whatever you build up from a debian or minimal ubuntu install for audio production05:47
inahdi think it was most successful way i had it setup05:47
holsteinhave good backups, and plan for failure and/or reinstallation, and nothing bad can happen05:48
holsteini have machines i test full installations on with my audio hardware before upgrading05:48
inahdthat way i didn't ruin things trying to change them too much05:48
holsteinnot in virtualization... there are handy things you can do in VM, but not with JACK in particular05:49
inahdif my internet wasn't so slow, i wouldn't mind reinstalling so much05:49
holsteininahd: just stop ruining things... make backups, and be ready to restore, and nothing can be ruined05:49
inahdhow would you suggest i back things up?05:49
holsteininahd: you can use clonezilla to clone what you have and you wont need to do anything on the internet05:49
holsteininahd: depends on what things and what resources you have, and what you are willing to do05:50
inahdalright, i will definitely look into that05:50
holsteinwhat do i do? i just have a copy of data.. i dont care about sitting up machines.. i enjoy it.. but, i have had clonezilla clones for if i had things *just* like i wanted, and i wanted to mess around, or wipe the drive and be able to restore05:51
inahdi do like trying all the different releases of the new OS's, so in that sense i don't mind starting over. but yes having i nice clean setup for what i do will save me some time05:51
holsteini dont mess around on my audio production rig like that.. i install the LTS versions of ubuntustudio.. anything else happens on a different partition05:52
holsteini need to hit the button and make money... i dont get into a stressful scenario on there05:52
inahdi am not as serious a musician as i might hope05:52
inahdi like to be able to introduce my musician friends to linux though05:53
inahdand also mess around05:53
holsteineh.. i stopped bothering.. i mention it, and let it go05:53
holsteinthey want what they want, and they can have it..05:53
inahdyes, that was what i learned eventually05:54
inahdbut serious musicians have been impressed by the software05:54
inahdthats for sure05:54
holsteinit does what it does.. no doubt, its capable05:55
holsteinbut, thats never really been the issue05:55
inahdwhat is the issue?05:55
inahdpackaging? marketing?05:56
holsteininahd: it doesnt come on anything.. the platform05:56
holsteininahd: you have to seek linux out from a few vendors.. its not available05:56
inahdi wonder if android might change that05:57
holsteini doubt anyone will be doing any proaudio work that way anytime soon05:57
holsteinwhat might help and change things is just webapplications05:58
inahdno05:58
holsteinassuming something like audio editing could be done05:58
holsteininahd: no?05:58
inahdi mean i agree they will not05:58
inahdbut a lot of amatuers might05:58
holsteinif it were a webapp, then any OS, mobile or whatever, would have access05:59
holsteinthats pretty far off though...05:59
inahdwhat about these digital recorder microphones05:59
inahdif a nice portable mic was loaded with tools06:00
holsteinsure.. they had those though. something like that06:00
holstein4 track recorders and hand helds with editing06:00
holsteinbut, its not "easy".. and now-a-days, its not an ipad06:01
inahd+right, archos i think was sort of like that06:01
inahdi guess ultimately its a hardware issue06:02
holsteinyou think?06:02
holsteinanyone is welcome to create any type of hardware for linux06:03
inahdnot enough industry and innovation around the open source06:03
holsteinyou see that with android.. folks make things for whatever is profitable06:03
holsteinwhen it becomes marketable to support FOSS/linux, vendors will06:03
inahdi suppose your right06:04
inahdand android definitely proved that06:04
inahdas far as audio editing though, there hasn't been any real breakthrough i guess06:05
holsteinnothing to run out and buy new computers over in 10 years, really06:05
inahdand people spend sooo much money on software06:05
inahdi think if archos developed their original mp3 player/recorder further it could have turned into quite a beast though06:07
holsteinmaybe.. im not interested in recording or making mp3's, personally06:07
holsteinbut, i had an archos. it was nice06:08
inahdput synth software on it and some extra connectors06:08
holsteini flashed it with rockbox and it recorded wav :)06:09
inahdsomething like that done well could really make waves in the audio editing market06:09
inahdnice06:09
holsteinthe zoom made waves, i suppose06:09
inahdhmm06:10
holsteinbut, no one wants to do that.. pro audio.. pros want pro gear, and dont mind paying for it... regular folks just want the ipad adapter to do whatever.. and they may not buy that06:10
inahdtrue06:11
inahdthat will probably never change06:11
holsteinthe need for quality is just not that big06:12
inahdwell, i think that digital media has really changed the game06:13
holsteinits made things arguably easier.. maybe more accesible is the term... and the quality isnt too bad with digital these days.. acceptable06:13
inahdits not so much about getting into a really great studio or label06:13
holsteinall you need to get into a studio is $$06:14
holsteinthe labels just arent picking things up like they used to06:14
inahdpeople who are talented can just become well known through social networks06:15
holsteinthe label that picked something up for me was only interested in digital distribution.. and the deal is pretty bad. like 50% or something06:15
holsteininahd: people who are noticed06:15
holsteininahd: "talent" is not a prerequisite to being popular06:15
inahdhehe right06:15
inahdperhaps being relevant is a sort of talent06:16
holsteini seperate it by entertainment06:16
holsteinentertainment is just entertaining, for whatever reason.. doesnt have to be music... or good06:17
holsteinor art..06:17
inahdtrue06:17
holsteinnot that im in the market to dictate what art is...06:17
inahdthats a big thing about the modern age, all this technology and the ability to have concensus, is only as powerful as our discernment.06:20
inahdnut much seems to have changed ironically06:21
holsteininahd:  i think that a lot.. nothing new has really come about.. it just seems that way06:22
inahdit almost seems more dangerous sometimes, like putting real tools in a childs hands06:24
holsteininahd: imagine what the past generations thought of rocknroll :)06:24
holsteininahd: ok.. im out.. its late, and i need to get horizontal.. cheers!06:25
inahdyes06:25
inahdpeace06:25
todorzdr all q daite nqkoi savet kak da si podkaram sound-a na ubuntustudion 13.10 che ideq nqmam a laptopa e asus x59gl08:17
todormersi za burziq otgovor :)09:10
david_Hi all. yesterday did install u Studio v13.10 64 bit. on Software & Updates, shows 5 nVidia/alternative drivers. the one thats Checked is #3, with no driver version number.  other 4 have driver version numbers. something tells me if i check, do reboot, might get a great -or- a bad reaction. what do you suggest?09:48
david_Great Job...Ubuntu Studio 13 is much better than 12.04...Upgrade was easypeasy^13:04
cfhowlettdavid_, glad it worked out for you.  I only do LTS upgrades so Xmas comes every other year for me. Then I do a clean install.13:06
david_It even works on older Hardware...fluently...now I will checkout if I can make "Pipelight" run13:07
david_All the Big OS (Apple, MS even Android) separate the Media-Streams by getting using own only13:09
david_I was glad to see XBMC 12 on the newest Studio integrated---13:10
afadfadsanyoen good at using speciman or petri foo13:56
edocodhello everyone13:57
edocodi just installed ubuntu studio13:58
edocodand it is amazing13:58
edocodi have a problem, though.13:58
cfhowlettedocod, details.  quickly13:58
edocodI'm trying to use DJ Console with a Samson GO MIC13:58
afadfadswhats up dude13:58
cfhowlettbefore my wifi gets cut off13:58
edocodi can't find it in jack13:58
afadfadsdont know about that app13:58
edocodwell sorry dj console isn't relevant13:59
edocodlet's focus only on the microphone13:59
edocodpulseaudio recognizes it13:59
cfhowlettedocod, ok ...13:59
edocodjack not13:59
cfhowlettgood13:59
cfhowlettare you booting the low latency kernel?13:59
edocodyep.13:59
cfhowlettalso, probably find an answer in #opensourcemusicians  ... which I am not ...14:00
edocodcool, i'll join there then14:00
cfhowlettedocod, good luck14:00
afadfadsanyone know about petri foo aka speciman14:02
andreas&14:24
cub!14:27
afadfadsany help with petrifoo anyone14:28
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waykool99having problems with u Studio v13.10 64 bit. anyone to help?17:57
holsteinask17:57
waykool99wow. too many problems to list. tried Accessories, Report a Problem but doesn't work at all17:59
holsteinwaykool99: start somewhere.. what are you wanting to do? report a bug?17:59
holstein!bug17:59
ubottuIf you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs.17:59
waykool99i have a Launchpad account. what i can't resolve here, i'll submit a bug report.18:00
waykool99first...18:00
waykool99when using Ubuntu Software Center, small windows keep popping up forcing Focus, says Debconf etc18:01
holsteinwaykool99: i dont use it.. i use synaptic, or command line18:02
holsteinwaykool99: i would just submit what issues you are finding, but if the tool is not working, move on to another package manager18:02
waykool99popups occur so fast, last 1/2 second. they keep popping up. then Ubuntu Software Center crashes18:03
holsteinwaykool99: ok.. is using synaptic going to be acceptable?18:03
waykool99the 'submit crash reports' window then crashes18:03
holsteinwaykool99: we get the software center as it is.. and its not specifically designed for xfce..18:03
waykool99yes, i know Synaptic very well18:03
holsteinwaykool99: above offers many ways to submit bugs18:03
holsteinwaykool99: is this stock ubuntustudio?18:04
waykool99got the ISO from ubuntustudio.org18:04
holsteinwaykool99: have you added any ppas? or packages?18:05
waykool99yes many18:05
holsteinwaykool99: ppa's are not officially supported18:05
waykool99i always check CD/DVD's for defects first18:05
holsteinwaykool99: so, if for example, you have added anything with GTK or GTK deps, that could be breaking the software center18:06
waykool99i use the software center because its fast. shall i use Synaptic instead?18:06
holsteinwaykool99: what would i do? wire the machine up to the internet, if not already, close all package managers.. open a terminal and run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" and reboot if you get a kernel upgrade and test18:07
holsteinwaykool99: i suggested above using synaptic, and i still do.. i use it and prefer it, and it works well..18:07
holsteinwaykool99: you can launch the software center from the terminal to see if there is any helpful information if/when it crashes..18:07
holsteinwaykool99: you can remove the ppa's you added18:08
waykool99one thought,,, is that Low Latency stuff i watched download during the install and again during updates after doing a restart.18:08
waykool99low latency possibly causing problems?18:09
holsteinwaykool99: we have a low latency kernel that ships..18:09
holsteinwaykool99: not likely.. if you feel it is, and want to troubleshoot that, you can use the package manger of your choice (that is working properly for you) to install the generic kernel and reboot using that kernel.. no need to remove the lowlatency kernel to do this test18:10
waykool99i added another stick 1 GB RAM in case it might help18:10
holsteinwaykool99: that will "help" if you are running low on memory18:10
holsteinwaykool99: if not, it wont18:10
holsteinnothing you are reporting is a memory issue.. unless the memory is broken18:10
holsteinwaykool99: if you have 3rd party ppa's, that can be breaking what you speak of18:11
waykool99ok thanks very much. i'll try everything you suggested. i have 1 more question...18:11
waykool99trying to partition a WD 3 TB and a 2 TB drive. so far, using GPT it only formats 2.2 GB on the 3 TB.18:12
holsteinwaykool99: i would test the hardware.. i would run test formatting whatever works and fits my needs18:13
waykool99should i be using LVM, BIOS or some other option?\18:13
holsteinwaykool99: shouldnt be anything about ubuntustudio limiting your hard drive space..18:13
holsteinwaykool99: i suggest using the automatic installer defaults18:13
waykool99i called Western Digital several times.18:13
holsteinif you want manual, you should research what meets your needs, and implement as needed18:13
waykool99automatic installer does MBR and only partitions 2.2 TB18:14
holsteinyou could also try #ubuntu or #xubuntu or one of the bigger support avenues for suggestions18:14
holsteinwaykool99: i would have to have the hardware in front of me to see, and make a suggestion18:14
holsteini would just wipe it and test18:14
waykool99WD lady insisted i use GPT. i tried Red Hat's Disk Utility, GParted both Live ISO burned to DVD, and GParted within Ubuntu DVD's.18:15
waykool99and Knoppix Gparted's18:16
holsteinwaykool99: a drive is a driver18:16
holsteindrive*18:16
holsteinshouldnt make any difference.. i would use what works18:16
holsteinwhy are you only seeing 2.2 of a 3gb drive? i have no idea and would have to test to see18:17
waykool99she said when partitioning over 2 TB you must use GPT18:17
holsteinwaykool99: that wont limit the drive.. and ubuntu, linux, nor ubuntutstudio will limit the drive18:17
waykool99i'm baffled18:18
holsteinwaykool99: there is legitimate disk space overhead18:18
waykool99would partitioning using LVM help?18:18
holsteinwaykool99: that shouldnt make the drive any larger18:18
waykool99hmm18:18
holsteinwaykool99: i would wipe, and test.. and go with whatever works18:18
holsteinwaykool99: when i search "ubuntu format 3tb drive" i see links such as http://amaras-tech.co.uk/article/158/Ubuntu,_formatting_a_3TB_drive18:19
holsteinthe things at the end will not be relevant18:19
waykool99for 3 months, i've wiped, tested, ran Spinrite, tried over 10 different CD/DVD's.18:19
holsteinalso relevant http://askubuntu.com/questions/84538/trouble-creating-3tb-ext4-partition-due-to-msdos-partition-table-imposed-error18:20
waykool99*20 dvd's18:20
holsteinwaykool99: stop trying different tools18:20
holsteinwaykool99: there are a few constants.. you and the drive18:20
holsteintest the drive.. then, consider what you are doing18:20
waykool99one thing i've never done. set up a RAID with 2 drives.18:20
holsteinfact: gparted is the tool to do what you are doing18:21
holsteinno need to try different tools, or discs18:21
holsteinget the latest parted magic, or use gparted from a live CD, and test18:21
waykool99Testdisk included in GParted always says the Cylinder count is wrong18:21
holsteinsure.. that would indicate a drive issue18:21
holsteinor, that you need to reformat18:22
holsteini would test... and make it do whatever you want18:22
waykool99Testdisk lets you Manually change CHS18:22
holsteinwaykool99: why?18:22
holsteinwaykool99: what do you want? to change the CHS? or format 3 tb?18:22
holsteinwaykool99: just ignore all that.. stay on target.. test the disk.. i would want a test that would take a few hours18:23
waykool99i played with a Polariod MP3 player in Testdisk to learn it.18:23
holsteinthen, i would just stay with gparted til i get the partition i expect, assuming the drive is OK18:23
waykool99GParted doesn't correct CHS problems but Testdisk seems to, or at least offers suggestions.18:24
holsteinwaykool99: i just offered suggestions18:24
holsteinwaykool99: you are not trying to fix a CHS problem, are you?18:24
holsteinwaykool99: yo ujust want a larger partition18:24
holsteinso, ignore that.. test the drive.. and make a new partition til you get what you want18:25
holsteinthe test should take hours18:25
waykool99and... i read in a blog some time ago, a programmer said that GParted adds something hidden onto the drive18:25
holsteinwaykool99: ?18:25
waykool99wish i could remember or printed out the blog18:26
holsteinthen use the command line.. i have *always* used the industry standard gparted.. its open and publically auditable18:26
holsteinwaykool99: you can find *anything* online18:26
waykool99you're right18:26
waykool99thank you for many good suggestions18:26
holsteinsure.. good luck!18:26
waykool99again, thank you very much!18:28
waykool99reading your suggested URL's...18:28
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