Bingo. jackd is root, qjackctl is running as rd.

On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Robert Orr <orrrob...@gmail.com> wrote:

> One possibility is that you are not running qjackctl as the same user as
> the user that is running the Rivendell apps. Does ps aux |grep jackd show
> jack running?
>
> Hope that helps,
> Robert
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 9:39 AM, John Davis <li...@logitekaudio.com> wrote:
>
>> If there is something already written on this topic, please forgive me,
>> but I've searched archives, I've found all kinds of outdated information,
>> I've read Wayne's Debian guide (which doesn't quite match up with CentOS)
>> and I'm still running into brick walls.
>>
>> I had been planning to avoid JACK because everything I have read says
>> it's frustrating, but it's becoming clear that if I want my metadata with
>> my stream I should stream and playout from the same box. I'm interested in
>> trying out Glass Coder to do this. So I'm trying to learn JACK so I can get
>> to that step.
>>
>> Here's the setup: Dual core workstation with the Rivendell appliance DVD.
>> RD updated to current (2.9). I installed QJackCtl. Currently I have the
>> built-in soundcard (HDA Intel) only on this machine.
>>
>> I have gone into RDAlsaConfig and moved the HDA entries out of the Active
>> box.
>>
>> I have gone into RD Admin/JACK Settings and checked Start JACK Server. On
>> the JACK Command line I have /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r4800 -p256
>> -n3 (which from what I can tell from documentation are the arguments that
>> go along with the sound card).
>>
>> When I start any Rivendell application, I get meters and audio plays, but
>> I can't hear it. When I look in Audio Resources, I see under Audio
>> Adapters, card ) is JACK with 8 inputs and 8 outputs. Audio Ports reports
>> that card 0 is JACK.
>>
>> This makes me think that JACK is running, but nothing is patched to where
>> I can hear it.
>>
>> So, I fire up QJackCtl to use the patchbay. It doesn't think JACK is
>> running and says it can't start up.
>>
>> I feel like I'm getting close, but I'm not sure what I should poke at
>> next. Brain trust, where have I gone wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
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