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yelofUbuntu Studio 20.04 with low-latency and jack.  User A (and pulse) by default is in audio group. Created user B and has no audio device access.  As I understand only one user can access at a time, should I add user B to the audio group, or remove user A and use the system-wide pulse user?  what are the implications of each?00:16
EickmeyerThat's false.00:22
EickmeyerThere is no system-wide pulse.00:22
yelofokay, on normal ubuntu the only user in audio group is "pulse" and all users are able to play sound just trying to figure ubuntu-studio so that the 2nd user can also access sound. thanks for the input, user A works great, user B shows "no audio devices detected"00:24
EickmeyerOvenWerks: If you're around, this is your territory. ^00:25
OvenWerksyelof: are both users logged in at the same time?00:46
OvenWerks(and how?)00:46
yelofthey were not both at once, both were separate local LXDE logins from boot.00:50
OvenWerksyelof: then put them both in the audio group... run ubuntustudio-controls as that user and do the fix rt button.01:08
yelofOvenWerks: okay will try, will that cause any conflict with a logged out user holding access after log-out/log-in will I want to reboot? (my understand is it will conflict for simultaneous logins/switch user)01:13
OvenWerksIt may give trouble with switch user, but in ubuntustudio a logout and login should not be a problem01:17
OvenWerksin ubuntu vanilla with studio over top I am not so sure01:18
OvenWerksif you want to be able to use the same audio device with two users at the same time... you need to use network as an output on one01:19
OvenWerks and allow a network in on the other01:19
yelofIt's studio been upgraded about yearly from 16.04 and probably has too many vanilla packages added, okay. thanks for the assistance, now to logout and try.01:20
yelofOvenWerks: had about a 30 second delay (and same back to this user) with "no audio devices detected" for the audio devices to come up, then works fine with both users in audio group.  will research network. thanks for the information.01:30
OvenWerksok01:31
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shaban238hello. is ther eany problem with hexter? everytime i try to open it its not showing the interface and its crashing11:08
shaban238just want to be sure if this is a bug or if im doing smth wrong here11:11
OvenWerksshaban238: hexter is known to have trouble with the GUI yes.14:13
shaban238OvenWerks thnks :)14:14
OvenWerksI think it can still run and be controlled via midi14:14
shaban238yes it can14:14
OvenWerksjust the gui crashes14:14
shaban238but i mgettting the send report thing14:15
OvenWerksplease do14:15
shaban238sure i always do that14:15
shaban238:)14:15
shaban238im getting send report many times for the blueman also. it seems to disconnect my wifi when using bluetooth14:16
shaban238ahh just got one now '=D14:16
OvenWerksThat I can't help you with, I don't have a wifi to work with or BT14:17
shaban238i see14:17
OvenWerksSo it could be a HW thing. Are either the bt or wifi USB dongles? or are they both built in?14:20
shaban238well im on thinkpad and im sure my machine its fine14:21
OvenWerksSo they are both built in then, If one was USB just changing the plug may help14:22
shaban238yes i thought that14:22
shaban238this is what the bug says14:22
shaban238https://postimg.cc/9zj0TZ9W14:22
OvenWerksmaybe ask in #ubuntu it may be that there is a better wifi kernel module for that wifi chip14:23
OvenWerksI think the BT modules are pretty standard14:23
shaban238ok. i will write it at #ubuntu14:24
OvenWerks(there are a lot more people there too)14:24
shaban238is this the one: #ubuntu-unregged?14:25
OvenWerksshould be just #ubuntu14:25
shaban238hm. i typed that and it brought me to the other14:25
OvenWerksI don't know then14:26
shaban238thnks anyway14:26
OvenWerksyour welcome14:26
StevenJayCohen<shaban238 "hm. i typed that and it brought "> You need to register your nick to be admitted to that channel.14:57
shaban238yes exactly14:57
shaban238i dont know how to register. i read through the link but i didnt find anything14:59
StevenJayCohen<shaban238 "i dont know how to register. i r"> http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=freenode+register+nick15:50
Eickmeyer!register | shaban23815:54
ubottushaban238: For information on registering your IRC nick, see https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration - For any further help, ask in #freenode.15:54
shaban238OvenWerks btw i wrote directly to the developer of hexter :)16:40
OvenWerksshaban238: ok, I expect you will not get much help as I don't think he has done anything to hexter in a number of years.16:41
OvenWerksdssi is basically dead any more. It would be nice to convert it to an LV2 with more up to date GUI tool kit.16:42
OvenWerkswifi trouble16:43
shaban238OvenWerks sorry i didnt catch the entire phrase as i was logged out16:44
OvenWerksshaban238: ok, I expect you will not get much help as I16:44
OvenWerks                   don't think he has done anything to hexter in a number of16:44
OvenWerks                   years.16:44
OvenWerks dssi is basically dead any more. It would be nice to convert it to an LV2 with more up to date GUI tool kit.16:44
shaban238ah ok! i didnt know as im kinda new here16:44
OvenWerkskxstudio has dexed in a plugin I think.16:45
OvenWerksdexed is also a DX7 emulator16:45
shaban238ok i will check that16:45
shaban238i have a real dx7 btw but hexter sounds really nice :)16:46
OvenWerksbe careful about grabbing the whole txstudio set of programs as there are some that conflict with studio16:46
OvenWerksin particular Cadence is one to stay away from16:46
shaban238yep i noticed that actually when i tried some days ago16:46
shaban238i have reinstall the system different times to find and learn the right way16:47
OvenWerksI also have a dx7 (flat buttons)16:47
shaban238:D16:47
shaban238great synth btw16:47
OvenWerksI like the feel of the kb though.... probably because I am _not_ a kb player :)16:48
shaban238haha me too im a guitar player16:48
OvenWerksI also like the expresion available from the fm synth16:48
shaban238its pretty yeah :)16:49
shaban238btw apart from zynadd subfx my surprise was on phasex16:49
shaban238never heard before16:49
shaban238really good soft synth16:49
OvenWerksI hope it sticks around16:50
shaban238i wish it remembers the interface i choose though anytime i start it again16:50
shaban238as i need to choose the system color and notebook interface anytime i restart it16:51
OvenWerksyeah, phasex uses a whole colour theme16:51
shaban238have you tried vcv rack though any issues?16:52
shaban238im getting xruns with it and its a bit weird as with bitwig and others it seems pretty fine16:52
OvenWerksI have not.16:52
shaban238i see16:52
OvenWerksI have heard it is cpu heavy and I am not sure of the quality of the dsp code16:53
shaban238yeah im not sure too...16:54
OvenWerksThe dev is not really a part of the community like willing to take suggestions etc.16:54
OvenWerksThere are some very good dsp guys in the community16:54
shaban238i see. and actually it sounds really good also17:01
OvenWerksYes it can sound quite good.17:02
OvenWerksDave Philips has done quite a bit with it17:02
shaban238:)17:03
shaban238i need to say this. i love the way pure data is integrated in ubuntu studio. i dont know who collected all externals but its really great to have them already there :D17:03
OvenWerkshttp://linux-audio.4202.n7.nabble.com/1625-music-td107605.html17:29
OvenWerksshaban238: That link has a link to some stuff done with vcv17:30
shaban238thnks :)17:32
zurnHi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone can help me straighten out my audio settings: I recently switched to the updated version of ubunstustudio-controls to see if it would fix an issue I was having with JACK and a firewire interface I have (makes a crazy distortion sound every 30 seconds or so), but doing so has resulted in no sound whatsoever from18:35
zurnmy computer's speakers/headphone jack... I'm on Ubuntu Studio 18.04 LTS18:35
Eickmeyerzurn: Ubuntu Studio 18.04 was not released as an LTS.18:36
zurnI know it has something to do with the pulse->jack bridge18:36
Eickmeyer!ubuntustudio-backports | zurn18:37
ubottuzurn: The Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA is required for users of Ubuntu Studio to receive LTS support for Ubuntu Studio 18.04, and for #ubuntustudio to support users of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and its flavors using !jack. For more info, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA, !ubuntustudio-controls, and !ubuntustudio-installer18:37
OvenWerkszurn: are you using the alsa modules for your FW device?18:38
zurnHi OvenWerks, you actually helped me fix the distortion issue back in August but I didn't document the solution properly!... yes I do use ALSA with the FW device as the distortion occurs with JACK18:41
OvenWerksI don't remember either :)18:42
OvenWerkswhich jack settings are you using?18:42
zurnYour response back in August was this: "if you use jack with the pulse->jack bridge, then the same fix will effect jack as well. If use ubuntustudio-controls to start jack, t will already fix pulse to work with jack. the problem is that pulse takes it's sync from the first alsa device it finds (normally the internal audio) and uses it for sync. The18:43
zurnpulse -> jack bridge binds jack to pulse in a closer way than it should (because the bridge was never properly finished) and so removing phyical devices from pulse allows pulse to use jack for it's sync. If pulse has two sources of sync they will clash even if they work at the same rate"18:43
OvenWerksYup. I have seen that18:44
zurnwhat's the best way to check my jack settings? I'm pretty confused as to what's happening where after installing the new ubuntustudio-controls18:44
OvenWerksin ubuntustudio controls the audio page should not have changed that much18:45
OvenWerksBasically the sample rate and buffer size18:46
zurn44.1 Hz, 1024 buffer size18:47
OvenWerksnothing odd then.18:47
OvenWerksif you want to beable to have audio from your internal card at the same time you need to enabletem on the second sub tab in audio settings18:49
OvenWerksthe tab is called Extra devices18:51
zurnhmm.. doesn't seem to do anything... I also tried setting my Jack Master Device to my internal card, still no sound18:52
zurnI have the FW device disconnected18:52
zurnAnd oddly, the mute button on the keyboard is ineffective, it's always enabled18:53
OvenWerkswith jack set for your internal device and no sound (from desktop I assume) then next go to the pulse bridging page.18:54
OvenWerksunder the Add an Output Bridge the next box down should have pulse_out or similar18:54
zurnyep, that all seems good18:55
OvenWerksand you have applied audio settings from there18:56
zurnyep18:56
OvenWerksin a terminal type jack_lsp -c |pastebinit18:57
OvenWerkspost the url here18:57
zurnhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/p/x6F9Vn9jbz/18:58
OvenWerksOK that looks as expected18:58
OvenWerksin the terminal try alsamixer18:59
OvenWerksyou may have to hit F6 to switch to your internal card18:59
OvenWerksit is probaly pch18:59
OvenWerksThe first four bars from the left are probably Master, haedphones, PCM and Front or speaker19:01
zurnit's set to PCH, still no sound/always muted though19:01
zurn(should add that the mute button is definitely not broken, as it works fine when I boot into my Windows system)19:02
OvenWerksin the first four bars are the levels up19:02
OvenWerksI am not suggesting your mute button is bad19:02
OvenWerksmaybe send me a screen shot of alsamixer with the card set to PCH19:03
zurnheh, ya I just added that to be sure........ the levels are all up except for an item called Headphone 1 (different than Headphone), which doesn't have a meter19:04
zurnokay, will do19:04
OvenWerksOh ok.19:04
OvenWerksthe little box at the bottom of each bar should have 00 not mm19:04
OvenWerks(or MM)19:05
zurnokay, they all have mm!19:06
zurnMM19:06
OvenWerksso the Master should be in red19:06
OvenWerks if you hit M the MM should turn to 0019:07
OvenWerksthen use the arrow key to move through the next three and do the same19:07
zurnthere it is!19:07
zurnit was muted?19:07
OvenWerksI would guess so. Not sure why. That is the card it self which is different from pluse muting19:08
OvenWerks pulse muting is what your mute key affects19:08
OvenWerksSo your mute key should work now for desktop sound like the browser19:09
zurnactually... neither the mute key or the volume control keys work now19:09
zurnlol19:09
OvenWerksThey will not work for jack applications like Ardour for example, but should work for desktop audio19:10
OvenWerksThough, I do recall there being an issue in 18.04 or so with that ( Eickmeyer ?)19:11
OvenWerksThere was a fix for it at the time bnut I didn't pay much attention to it because I have a very old keyboard19:11
zurnnot working for desktop audio (playing music in browser, or from VLC)19:12
zurninteresting19:12
EickmeyerOvenWerks: Yes, as I recall, there was an issue with 18.04 where Ardour was having trouble with some things.19:14
Eickmeyerzurn: I'd highly recommend upgrading to 20.04 as soon as possible. 18.04 was not a good release for us at all.19:15
OvenWerksEickmeyer: no desktop audio the vol up keys not working19:15
EickmeyerOvenWerks: OOOOohhhh... yes. That was resolved in 19.10.19:15
EickmeyerIt had to do with xfce4-volumed which hasn't seen any love since the dark ages.19:15
Eickmeyerzurn: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio#Known_Problems19:16
zurnhi sorry I got a phone call... okay cool, I'll upgrade to 20.04, sounds cool, I may wait until after I finish the recording project I'm working on however, just in case it messes with something19:38
transistor75hello everybody, hope you're well !19:39
transistor75is this channel only in english or can I use french ?19:39
OvenWerksI dop not think there is any one who would be able to help19:39
OvenWerksI seem to be the language chalenged one in the family19:40
transistor75ok, trying in english so19:40
transistor75just to notice a strange bug with the last 20.04 ubuntustudio release19:41
OvenWerksyour english doesn't have to be great19:41
OvenWerksok19:41
shaban238try #ubuntu-fr19:41
transistor75thks, I will try here before, no problem19:42
zurnthanks a lot OvenWerks and Eickmeyer... you've bailed me out once again!19:42
transistor75after fresh install on recent laptop, everything works perfectly out of the box19:42
transistor75but since the last 5.4.0-28 lowlatency kernel installation wifi doesn't work anymore19:43
OvenWerkshmm, And you have tried the generic kernel as well?19:44
transistor75come back to the 5.4.0-26 fix the issue19:44
OvenWerksThe low latency kernel is very similar to the generic kernel, All the same modules19:44
transistor75no I didn't try the generic kernel19:44
OvenWerksIf the same problem was there in generic, the kernel team would be more "excited" about making sure it was fixed :)19:46
transistor75so wifi works with the iwlwifi driver with 5.4.0-26 lowlatency kernel, but not with the 5.4.0-2819:46
OvenWerksThat is good to know becasue there was just someone else having similar trouble.19:48
OvenWerkssomething about blue tooth and wifi causing trouble.19:48
transistor75currently I'm using 5..4.0-26 kernel and everythink works fine, so it's not a big problem, but would be nice if the problem will be fixed in the later released19:49
OvenWerksyes it would19:49
OvenWerksif you could boot to the troublsome kernel19:50
OvenWerksand type in a terminal ubuntu-bug linux-lowlatency19:50
transistor75I didn't try blue tooth as I needed work with network and I came back imediately on previous kernel that I knew working19:50
OvenWerksit should do a bug report19:51
OvenWerksEickmeyer: would he need a launch pad account for that?19:51
OvenWerksBut yes certainly stay on the older working kernel till it gets fixed19:52
transistor75sure, but if I can "help" to fix, would be nice19:55
transistor75is it possible to save the bug report in a file ? because, if not I don't know how send the report without network19:56
shaban238transistor75 do you know which wireless driver or card? if its brodcom than i would doubt its a kernel bug19:59
shaban238broadcom*19:59
transistor75driver is backport-iwlwifi-dkms20:01
transistor75don't know for the card20:01
shaban238yes thats the one used by default and its open source. but there should be a propieatary driver for the wireles card20:02
shaban238i see20:02
shaban238mine looks like this20:03
shaban238https://postimg.cc/RWBCwVxy20:03
transistor75lspci give this about wireless card:20:04
transistor75Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak] (rev 10)20:04
shaban238ok20:05
transistor75open source driver used20:05
shaban238yes. pretty weird that its working with the older kernel20:06
EickmeyerOvenWerks, transistor75 : Bug reports require Launchpad accounts, I'm afraid. Very easy to sign-up for one.20:06
EickmeyerThey might already be aware if there's a wifi issue with the latest x-release.20:07
Eickmeyertransistor75: Nobody here works on the kernel. :)20:07
Eickmeyer!info backport-iwlwifi-dkms20:07
ubottubackport-iwlwifi-dkms (source: backport-iwlwifi-dkms): iwlwifi driver backport in DKMS format. In component universe, is optional. Version 8324-0ubuntu1 (focal), package size 1530 kB, installed size 9804 kB20:07
transistor75I expected something easier even if easy for you ;D20:08
Eickmeyertransistor75: I wasn't talking about easy for me. If a 60-something-year-old grandmother can do it (I have an example, not me), you can too. :)20:09
transistor75for sure you don't know my grandmother :')20:10
transistor75but ok, I can probably do it, just20:10
transistor75is bug reporting works even without network ?20:11
Eickmeyer! bug | transistor7520:11
ubottutransistor75: If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its official !flavors, please report it using the command « ubuntu-bug <package> » - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs for other ways to report bugs.20:11
EickmeyerSo, no, reporting a bug doesn't work without network. Can it be wired-in?20:12
transistor75will try with my smartphone as modem20:13
EickmeyerOk, that should work. :)20:13
transistor75so to summarize, correct me if I'm wrong20:15
transistor75create a launchpad account (ask to my grandmother how to do :') )20:16
transistor75boot with 5.4.0-28 lowlatency kernel20:16
transistor75type in a terminal ubuntu-bug linux-lowlatency20:17
Eickmeyer^ Once you do that, it will guide you through the rest.20:18
transistor75and then connect the laptop to network using smartphone20:18
EickmeyerNah, connect it _before_ you type ubuntu-bug in the terminal.20:18
transistor75ok XD  thank you20:19
EickmeyerYou're welcome.20:19
transistor75account created, will now reboot, thanks for your help, have a good evening and be safe irl, bye20:29
EickmeyerYou too!20:30

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