* Mike Miller <mtmil...@debian.org> [2017-09-08 17:26]: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 10:55:21 +0200, Peter P. wrote: > > The two other programs I have installed that are using libportaudio2 are > > pure-data and audacity. And they both work with and without jack. > > And here's what I just did to test locally. This is admittedly an > absolutely minimal unconfigured jack setup. > > $ sudo aptitude install -y --without-recommends jackd2 > $ jack_control start > $ octave-cli > >> devs = audiodevinfo; ## no crash > >> devs.output.Name > ans = HDA Intel HDMI: 0 (hw:0,3) (ALSA) > ans = HDA Intel HDMI: 1 (hw:0,7) (ALSA) > ans = HDA Intel HDMI: 2 (hw:0,8) (ALSA) > ans = HDA Intel HDMI: 3 (hw:0,9) (ALSA) > ans = HDA Intel HDMI: 4 (hw:0,10) (ALSA) > ans = hdmi (ALSA) > ans = default (ALSA) > ans = system (JACK Audio Connection Kit) > > Seems to work for me. Thank you Mike, switching to jackd2 does work for me as well! I am a bit hesitant to switch my system to jackd2 as there are some other applications that depend (more) on jackd1. I wonder if this workaround, for which I am very thankful, means that the crash with jackd1 will not me looked into further, or if it may be worked on nevertheless.
best, Peter