Re: A feature for -lowlatency kernel?
Hi Alessio These are very good news to me. I'm interested in testing it, please let me know how to proceed. Best regards Fernando On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Alessio Igor Bogani abog...@ubuntu.com wrote: Dear Ubuntu Studio Developers, Yesterday Ailo has reported in IRC channel that the 2.6.39 mainline Linux kernel is going to provide an useful and interesting feature: threaded irqs. Until now that feature was provided by realtime kernels only. It is the piece of code that permit to prioritize hardware interrupts which is very useful thing when you have a firewire/usb device. I think that we should have it for Natty. So I could provide a -lowlatency kernel based on 39 kernel if enough testers will offer theirs help. Sincerely I would want avoid to waste time for make something that no one will use. What do you think? Ciao, Alessio -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Fernando's comment on Ubuntu Distro's where the Tascam US-122 worked out of the box
If you won't build a kernel and apps yourself you should switch to AV Linux or Planet CCRMA etc. and avoid openArtist, Ubuntu Studio etc.. Lurk Linux audio mailing lists ;). I've already used AV Linux and Planet CCRMA before, but not after upgrading my PC, I'll try them soon on it :-) Following Mike's advice (and some work) I've at last a low latency kernel on my Maverick installation :-) For the current kernel versions available on Alessio PPA (for Natty) the linux headers are needed, and for others with similar problems that I had (putting a low latency kernel on a Ubuntu Maverick installation), I've made a post on my 'web log', at http://www.openstudio.info Thanks and best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Fernando's comment on Ubuntu Distro's where the Tascam US-122 worked out of the box
I commited the error of updating do Maverick to find out that there was no 'special' kernel to it ;-) I can tell you that using the standard Maverick Ubuntu Kernel i don't have many issues, using hydrogen, rackarack and zynaddsubfx, even with some processor hungry effects on rackarack.But today what are the special (low latency, rt) kernels that can be used with maverick (even not being specific to Maverick)? It seems that natty kernels from Alessio could be used, I tried to add the ppa from Alessio to my repositories, if i keep the Maverick label it doesn't add any new kernel, if I change the label to Natty I get new kernels available, but the intalation process fail because of missig dependencies. Any tip on how to add a low latency or rt kernel to Maverick? Best regards Fernando On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Bernard Hurley bern...@marcade.biz wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:59:35AM +0100, ailo wrote: As for Maverick, there seems to be no lowlatency or rt kernel for it, so perhaps it would be recommendable to try sticking with Lucid, until Natty can become a replacement. Thanks, Bernard -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Fernando's comment on Ubuntu Distro's where the Tascam US-122 worked out of the box
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: i am using abogani's kernels in both maverick and natty on a testing machine, with great results... this is a nice guide i found when google-ing 'ubuntu 10.10 realtime kernel' about the 6th result down... http://jackschnippes.freeunix.net/index.php/2010/11/04/lowlatency-kernel-and-realtime-kernel-for-ubuntu-10-10-maverick the -lowlatency kernel in natty is even working very well with my firewire device... Hi Mike I was trying to get the files from the guide you refer, but for the low latency 64 bit the links are not working: http://ppa.launchpad.net/abogani/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-lowlatency/linux-headers-2.6.36-1-lowlatency_2.6.36-1.7~ppa2_amd64.deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/abogani/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-lowlatency/linux-image-2.6.36-1-lowlatency_2.6.36-1.7~ppa2_amd64.deb I've browsed the abogani ppa and there are only 2.6.37 kernels (Natty). If I try to use them I have unresolved dependencies: Depends: linux-headers-2.6.37-11 but it is not installable Where can I find the linux-headers-2.6.37-11 to add in order to solve these dependencies on Maverick? Best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Fernando's suggestions on the US-122
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Casey Forslund cforsl...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Fernando on your interest comments: Your suggestion to run: sudo ln -s /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader /lib/firmware/usx2yloader is something I haven't tried... I'll do that and see what happens, as it seems that I have everything in place - my computer just can't load the drivers I installed or find where they are? I will be at home tomorrow, so will be able to try this and then let y'all know if it worked or not. Hi Casey If you don't create a link using that command you will get a file not found or similar error, please let me know if this fix your problem Best regads Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation
Hi As I posted yesterday, I had a Tascam US122 until a week ago, and it worked flawlessly with every UbuntuStudio distributions I've used (at least from 8,xx until the 10.xx). I had other problems with RT kernels and my hardware configuration, but not with the tascam. Unfortunatly I don't have it now, and I also have losted the information that I have compiled about its installation to put in an article on www.openstudio.info. I'll try to get at least some info from my last installation from the history command, but I can say that it was almost using the link already posted: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TASCAM_US-122 From what I remember (I'm not in my home studio PC right now and I'll confirm it later), I've used a more recent alsa firmware, I think it was this version: ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.23.tar.bz2 Then, on step 6 you should use the second option, replacing the 002/003 by the results you get from lsusb: # sudo fxload -s /path/to/ld2-ezusb.hex -I /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader/us122fw.ihx -D /dev/bus/usb/002/003 Also in step 7 you should do first this command to create a link because the files are not in the place the program is expecting: # sudo ln -s /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader /lib/firmware/usx2yloader I suppose that the sugested udev integration is being deprecated, but it works at least for now. I didn't change the default soundcard because I select it in jack Once I can retreive the history information from my homestudio PC I'll make the necessary corrections. Can you tell us what is not working during your tascam us122 installation? Best regards Fernando On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Hartmut Noack zettber...@linuxuse.de wrote: Am 08.01.2011 07:30, schrieb Casey Forslund: Hey all, I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio) lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve getting my Tascam US-122 (which is a device that fits the exact description of the topic I'm replying to) to work with Ubuntu. I have read EVERY posting on the forums, official and unofficial, got a hold of some VERY knowledgeable and extremely helpful Ubuntu veterans, but my US-122 is still dead in the water. I'm just wondering if any of you wants to have mercy on me and see if you can come up with any options I can pursue. I guess the second part of this message is that if no one out there can help me, don't buy a tascam US-122, as I have spent (genuinely) over 30 hours of my time trying to get this thing to even blink, to no avail. Did you followed this one: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Tascam_US-122 ? If so, and it still doeas not work, I would consider to switch to a different Linux Distro. I have seen this particular interface working perfectly well under Debian, 64Studio, Suse and even Gentoo... Nonetheless you should try to make Ubuntu Studio working first. Also Pulse Audio could be a hindrance. PA does not work very well with devices that do not fit in the typical desktop/office audio type of thing. So I am quite sure, that you device can work best after installing/configuring alsa-firmware-loader and running it with jack using qjackctl. best regs HZN From a noob's (very limited) perspective, I am quite disappointed in the Studio version of Ubuntu, as it hasn't been able to work with my hardware, even after tons of homework, consulting, trial and error etc. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Fernando Gomes f.m.go...@gmail.com wrote: Hi As I posted yesterday, I had a Tascam US122 until a week ago, and it worked flawlessly with every UbuntuStudio distributions I've used (at least from 8,xx until the 10.xx). I had other problems with RT kernels and my hardware configuration, but not with the tascam. Unfortunatly I don't have it now, and I also have losted the information that I have compiled about its installation to put in an article on www.openstudio.info. I'll try to get at least some info from my last installation from the history command, but I can say that it was almost using the link already posted: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TASCAM_US-122 From what I remember (I'm not in my home studio PC right now and I'll confirm it later), I've used a more recent alsa firmware, I think it was this version: ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.23.tar.bz2 Then, on step 6 you should use the second option, replacing the 002/003 by the results you get from lsusb: # sudo fxload -s /path/to/ld2-ezusb.hex -I /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader/us122fw.ihx -D /dev/bus/usb/002/003 Also in step 7 you should do first this command to create a link because the files are not in the place the program is expecting: # sudo ln -s /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader /lib/firmware/usx2yloader I suppose that the sugested udev integration is being deprecated, but it works at least for now. I didn't change the default soundcard because I select it in jack Once I can retreive the history information from my homestudio PC I'll make the necessary corrections. Can you tell us what is not working during your tascam us122 installation? Best regards Fernando On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Hartmut Noack zettber...@linuxuse.de wrote: Am 08.01.2011 07:30, schrieb Casey Forslund: Hey all, I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio) lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve getting my Tascam US-122 (which is a device that fits the exact description of the topic I'm replying to) to work with Ubuntu. I have read EVERY posting on the forums, official and unofficial, got a hold of some VERY knowledgeable and extremely helpful Ubuntu veterans, but my US-122 is still dead in the water. I'm just wondering if any of you wants to have mercy on me and see if you can come up with any options I can pursue. I guess the second part of this message is that if no one out there can help me, don't buy a tascam US-122, as I have spent (genuinely) over 30 hours of my time trying to get this thing to even blink, to no avail. Did you followed this one: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Tascam_US-122 ? If so, and it still doeas not work, I would consider to switch to a different Linux Distro. I have seen this particular interface working perfectly well under Debian, 64Studio, Suse and even Gentoo... Nonetheless you should try to make Ubuntu Studio working first. Also Pulse Audio could be a hindrance. PA does not work very well with devices that do not fit in the typical desktop/office audio type of thing. So I am quite sure, that you device can work best after installing/configuring alsa-firmware-loader and running it with jack using qjackctl. best regs HZN From a noob's (very limited) perspective, I am quite disappointed in the Studio version of Ubuntu, as it hasn't been able to work with my hardware, even after tons of homework, consulting, trial and error etc. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users casey... i have one the tascam USB us-122L interfaces. i also could not make the device work in 10.04. this interface was given to me, and i dont really *need* to use the interface (i have several other small USB interfaces and a presonus firepod as my main interface). in my opinion, i wouldnt lose any sleep over getting that interface working. i did try the thing out in OSX, and the preamps are just OK. in my experience, USB devices can sometimes pick up as much electrical interference as internal sound cards on laptops. i have mine setting around in a pile of things to photograph and put on ebay/craigslist... im not saying you *cant* get it working, its obvious that you can, but when you can get devices like the http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SaffirePro40 or a used presonus firepod/FP10
Re: cheap usb-audio-interface
I bought recently a AllenHeath ZED10 mixer with USB interface, and it is a very nice mixer and audio interface - it has 4 mic inputs, two of them can be used as DI for guitars (high impedance inputs) and has an amazing routing capability. It costed me 177 EUR. It works perfectly with UbuntuStudio and Windows7 without installing any driver. Before having this mixer I had a Tascam US122 audio interface, it was nice but had some compatibility problems with recent Windows versions (Vista and 7) and the quality with phantom power was not so good, that is why I used it with a Behringer MIC800 preamplifier with phantom power. Best regards Fernando On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Roy Damen royda...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Martin, i bought a behringer u-202(n...@home,i think this is the type ) usb audio device for Christmas for myself. Behringer has good inside quality with saving on the housing, which means cheap. It has a max of 48kHz, but worked out of the box with pulseaudio, digital output, jack and alsa in a better way than the onboard card(alc888). Even the soundquality is better than the onboard @ 48kHz. The funny thing is that it costed 27 Euro's incl shipping and it is a very small high quality device, Check your local dealer or the Behringer site for this soundcard with line in/out spdif-out and usb, i say the price/quality is pretty amazing for a small device like this,! 2011/1/7 mentoj dija mentoj_d...@gmx.de hey there, does somebody know a cheap, small usb-audio-interface, which works out of the box with Ubuntu? just with one or two mic-inputs and a headphone-out. maybe with midi-in and -out. very basic one! i don't care if it is only available second hand on ebay... cheers martin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Alessio's PPA Natty - 2.6.37-11.25~ppa1 - OK
Sorry for this newbie question, the Alessio PPA kernel should be tested on Natty Alpha 1? So to test it I should install Natty Alpha 1 and then install Alessio PPA low-latency kernel? I am willing to test it, just to be sure that this is the way to do it ;-) Best regards Fernando On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Asmo Koskinen asmo.koski...@arkki.infowrote: 04.01.2011 22:58, ailo kirjoitti: Asmo, did you have to do any fixes to get firewire working, at all? No. I'm away next few days, I'll check more next week. Best Regards Asmo Koskinen. -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: minimal distribution - maximum sound??
Yes, Puppy Studio fly on any hardware! The problema as with other RT kernels is the compatibility, in my home studio PC the network fails after some time with Puppy. Their maintainers were quite helpfull, but the problem wasn't solved, so I went back to UbuntuStudio (now with the 10.10 without RT kernel). It has noticable extra weight, but it is working ;-) Fernando On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Lars-Erik Helander leh...@gmail.comwrote: The distro that fit your needs best would be Puppy Studio. It's basically a Puppy Linux platform with Ubuntu Studio packages and most important it has an RT-kernel. You can find it thru the Puppy Linux forum http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60483 http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60483 http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60483Hope this helps /Lars 2010/12/17 kirko birilli whyshen...@yahoo.co.uk hi there, i would like to know if somebody got experience with running audio apps on a small as possible distro tailor made for your own machines.i install usually the whole lot and then just try to get things done.a friend of mine uses his old laptop as kind of tekkno instrument.he got his sounds together with pure data and uses the keyboard as kind of piano.he still got windoze xp on it and i wonder if that doesn´t eat lots of power he could better use for audio tasks. so what are you doing to get the maximum out of your machines and is it possible just to get a minimal install something like tiny core with 10mb and add the rest after? i have got loads of old laptops around and would like to get them swinging.any suggestions? cheers shen -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
My first email in this list
Hi all I'm a subscriber for the ubuntustudio user mailinglist for some years, but now I want to return all the effort you made on this distribution by contributing to it, so I've started by subscribing to the developers list. I have also professional interest on real-time applications (not multimedia, but in process control), I'm thinking of using Linux with Ingo Molnar RT_PREEMPT patch also for control applications, so I can work in this area if you need some cooperation. As I say above, I don't have experience with this kind of kernel, in the past I only did some patching (RT_PREEMPT) of the generic kernels, changed some kernel options, generate new rt kernels and made some test using cyclictest (to evaluate worst case latency and system behavior), but I'm willing to learn and to help, so if you are interested please let me know. FYI, I've just finished installing ubuntustudio 10.10, with the generic kernel Best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Motherboard compatibility - AMD
I'm thinking of upgrading my Ubuntu Studio PC, and to avoid all the problems I had with the current one (lock or slow mouse on a setup based on an MSI 7312 motherboard), can you recommend a 'working' setup (specially the motherboard, due to all the known ACPI problems with the RT kernels)? I intend to upgrade my current setup (MSI board) with an ASUS motherboard with a Athlon II CPU. Some of the motherboards I've identified are: ASUS M2N68-AM PLUS - NVIDIA nForce 630a + Geforce 7025 GPU Asus M4A785D-M Pro - AMD 785G chipset ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO - AMD 785G chipset Any of you have any of these boards working with Ubuntu Studio (with RT kernel)? I also had a previous PC with the AMD780G chipset and had similar problems with the RT kernel, that was the reason to change to the one I have now (with the MSI7312 motherboard, using the K9MM-V chipset), but still have almost the same issues - freezing after boot, mouse getting very slow after some seconds / minutes of use, etc. Or can you suggest any other known working setup? Thanks! Fernando On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:10 AM, laurent.bellegarde laurent.bellega...@free.fr wrote: Hi all, nice to see that you have found a solution for your install. I'll keep your excellents tests infos for all the futur users. Thank's, Laurent lprod.org Fernando Gomes wrote: I've used the article https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI to try to debug the ACPI problem, and the results were the following: acpi=off - Working, as I told in the previous email acpi=ht - Also working pci=noacpi - Also working acpi=noirq - Also working pnpacpi=off - This is the only one that keep the same problems (slow mouse, etc.) noapic - Working nolapic - Working So, only the pnpacpi=off has the previous problems. The only conclusion I can get is that the problem is not related to the plug and play code, but I can't figure from the previous results how to narrow down the problem, since every other variant works. It also seems that using nolapic I have more processing reported by the jack control (always using the same applciations open and playing the same drum track on hydrogen, I have a value between 2.2% and 2.5% with all the ACPI options except with nolapic where the values are between 2.6% and 3% Fernando On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Fernando Gomes f.m.go...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all and thanks for the tips. The problem seems to be solved (at least until now) using the option acpi=off. I'm writing this message on the rt kernel on the same machine that locked up only a few moments after booting, now it is working for about one hour, running jack, ZynAddSubFx, Rosegarden, Hydrogen and Rackarrack. Once again thanks for your advice. I've tried to look for a newer bios version for this board but I'm already using the latest version. How this acpi=off option will impact on the system performance? I will make some more tests using alternative acpi configurations tomorrow and I'll let you know the results. Best regards Fernando On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Scott Lavender scottalaven...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Roy Damen royda...@gmail.com wrote: Dear John, On my machine i had a similar problem with rt. After more than 1,5 year of searching, trying out and lots of help with explanation on the ubuntuforums i discovered that it was this BIOS setting that must be turned off: IOAPIC It seems that ubuntu can manage this by itself(if i understood correctly) I bet this solves your problem too! 2010/5/7 jONE producjo...@gmail.com Hi Fernando I've got an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ processor too and had problems with the RT kernel since I first installed 8.04 onwards. I tried pretty much everything until a few days ago, when I simply loaded optimized settings on my BIOS and believe it or not, no mouse delay and no hanging at all. My hammerfall soundcard's delay 10ms recording 16channels. I honestly don't know what setting in the BIOS messed it up since optimized settings or default settings options don't specify much and I've tweaked the thing so many times I lost track of what the original setting was! Maybe give that a try? Good luck! John I remember several years ago there were some problems with peoples systems acting sluggish or freezing with the -rt kernel during Hardy. If I remember correctly it had to do with acpi, although I cannot find any of those emails on the mailing list. However, I did find a Ubuntu Studio review by Dave Phillips that also mentions the acpi situation: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/judgement-day-studio-dave-tests-ubuntu-studio-904 Also, this 64Studio forum posts discusses it a little more: http://www.64studio.com/node/ Hope this helps. ScottL -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings
Re: Motherboard compatibility - AMD
Hi Ralf, thanks for your reply! I would try with a PS2 mouse, my doubt is because I'm also using a USB audio interface, so I think that the USB problem might affect also the audio interface (but as far as I remember it keeps working even when mouse starts to get slow, but I'm not sure). Also have some network timeouts from time to time... As you say, this is a problem of all the things work together (the motherboard, bios version and linux rt version must match), this is why I was looking for a MB with integrated graphics that was known for working with the current Linux RT kernel ... That way the only difference I will have is the audio interface (I'm using a Tascam 122 usb sound module). Buying a third motherboard to see it doesn't work with ubuntu studio will be to much - specially to justify it to my wife :-) Im looking to ASUS because they have good motherboards and normally they have frequent bios updates (this should also be true for MSI, but unfortunatly not with the one I'm using). The BIOS of my current MSI boards misses many setup options and features. Fernando On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.netwrote: On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 10:36 +0100, Fernando Gomes wrote: freezing after boot, mouse getting very slow after some seconds / minutes of use, etc. Or can you suggest any other known working setup? Sometimes issues are caused by a HDD near to the end of its lifetime. The HDD seems to be ok, but there are strange issues for X. Do you use PS/2 or USB for mouse and keyboard? Perhaps you only need to switch to PS/2, for your current board. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Motherboard compatibility - AMD
I've used the article https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI to try to debug the ACPI problem, and the results were the following: acpi=off - Working, as I told in the previous email acpi=ht - Also working pci=noacpi - Also working acpi=noirq - Also working pnpacpi=off - This is the only one that keep the same problems (slow mouse, etc.) noapic - Working nolapic - Working So, only the pnpacpi=off has the previous problems. The only conclusion I can get is that the problem is not related to the plug and play code, but I can't figure from the previous results how to narrow down the problem, since every other variant works. It also seems that using nolapic I have more processing reported by the jack control (always using the same applciations open and playing the same drum track on hydrogen, I have a value between 2.2% and 2.5% with all the ACPI options except with nolapic where the values are between 2.6% and 3% Fernando On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Fernando Gomes f.m.go...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all and thanks for the tips. The problem seems to be solved (at least until now) using the option acpi=off. I'm writing this message on the rt kernel on the same machine that locked up only a few moments after booting, now it is working for about one hour, running jack, ZynAddSubFx, Rosegarden, Hydrogen and Rackarrack. Once again thanks for your advice. I've tried to look for a newer bios version for this board but I'm already using the latest version. How this acpi=off option will impact on the system performance? I will make some more tests using alternative acpi configurations tomorrow and I'll let you know the results. Best regards Fernando On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Scott Lavender scottalaven...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Roy Damen royda...@gmail.com wrote: Dear John, On my machine i had a similar problem with rt. After more than 1,5 year of searching, trying out and lots of help with explanation on the ubuntuforums i discovered that it was this BIOS setting that must be turned off: IOAPIC It seems that ubuntu can manage this by itself(if i understood correctly) I bet this solves your problem too! 2010/5/7 jONE producjo...@gmail.com Hi Fernando I've got an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ processor too and had problems with the RT kernel since I first installed 8.04 onwards. I tried pretty much everything until a few days ago, when I simply loaded optimized settings on my BIOS and believe it or not, no mouse delay and no hanging at all. My hammerfall soundcard's delay 10ms recording 16channels. I honestly don't know what setting in the BIOS messed it up since optimized settings or default settings options don't specify much and I've tweaked the thing so many times I lost track of what the original setting was! Maybe give that a try? Good luck! John I remember several years ago there were some problems with peoples systems acting sluggish or freezing with the -rt kernel during Hardy. If I remember correctly it had to do with acpi, although I cannot find any of those emails on the mailing list. However, I did find a Ubuntu Studio review by Dave Phillips that also mentions the acpi situation: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/judgement-day-studio-dave-tests-ubuntu-studio-904 Also, this 64Studio forum posts discusses it a little more: http://www.64studio.com/node/ Hope this helps. ScottL -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Motherboard compatibility - AMD, Intel
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:39 PM, laurent.bellegarde laurent.bellega...@free.fr wrote: Hi Fernando I'm a bit suprised about your troubles. Here, all the team have never met a AMD based motherboard, and more an Athlon64 x2 one which wasn't working with Ubuntu Studio !!! What is exactly your problem ? I'm sure there is a solution to fix... Does your computer work with a live Ubuntu CD ? You can install Ubuntu with a live CD and then upgrade your hard disk installation by using Internet and asking for all Ubuntu studio packages. For material, few things, The best motherboards are Asus and MSI. Asrock is a trademark of Asus, but with lower quality, usually, not very solid. Celeron even in dual core, are very very slower than AMD Athlon 64 x2 processors for multimedia uses under GNU/Linux... If you still want to buy and Intel plateform, you should take a motherboard from ASUS + Core2 Duo or better. The best quality/performances/price is AMD. Hope it helps, Laurent lprod.org Le 26/04/2010 13:14, Fernando Gomes a écrit : Hi Laurent Thanks for your answer! The PC I'm trying to use has an MSI motherboard, I'll check its model and the processor installed tomorrow. Since there is a final ubuntu 10.04 version now, I'll try to install it and if it works I'll then install the ubuntustudio packages as you suggested. With previous ubuntustudio versions there were lockups during boot if using the realtime kernel. I have best results downloading the standard kernel, applying the rt patch to it, compile it and install it, but also had some stability issues (some freezes from time to time). I'll try with this new version and I'll let you know Best regards Fernando Hello all! I've changed my system due to compatibility problems with ubuntustudio, but still have similar problems with the new one. Both have Athlon 64 x2 processors, one has a MSI motherboard, other an Elite motherboard. With the current 10.04 release (not final) I have also similar problems (it doesn't even boot this time, after installing the OS). I remember a previous discussion recommending the use of Intel processors. So it seems I have to change my motherboard and CPU again, now for an Intel :-( What are your recommendations for an inexpensive Intel based configuration, able to run Ubuntustudio? It must be inexpensive, it will be my third motherboard and CPU for my homestudio, if it isn't inexpensive my wife will kill me :-) I've saw some inexpensive motherboard+cpu bundles, with an ASROCK G31M-S motherboard and an Intel E3300 CPU, do you think this dual core celeron has enough power to have some realtime effects running well (p.e. rackarrack)? And with this hardware should I expect some compatibility issues with ubuntustudio? Thanks and best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Motherboard compatibility - AMD, Intel
Hello all! I've changed my system due to compatibility problems with ubuntustudio, but still have similar problems with the new one. Both have Athlon 64 x2 processors, one has a MSI motherboard, other an Elite motherboard. With the current 10.04 release (not final) I have also similar problems (it doesn't even boot this time, after installing the OS). I remember a previous discussion recommending the use of Intel processors. So it seems I have to change my motherboard and CPU again, now for an Intel :-( What are your recommendations for an inexpensive Intel based configuration, able to run Ubuntustudio? It must be inexpensive, it will be my third motherboard and CPU for my homestudio, if it isn't inexpensive my wife will kill me :-) I've saw some inexpensive motherboard+cpu bundles, with an ASROCK G31M-S motherboard and an Intel E3300 CPU, do you think this dual core celeron has enough power to have some realtime effects running well (p.e. rackarrack)? And with this hardware should I expect some compatibility issues with ubuntustudio? Thanks and best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: ubuntu studio on a netbook?
Yes, the SSD might start to have problems earlier, and also the SSD writing speed is limited. But now most of the Netbooks have a standart HDD, so this might not be a problem, at least for the majority of the Netbook owners. I am curious about the processing capability to use as a home studio PC, but never tried. I have at home two netbooks, but one has SSD (Acer Aspire One) and the other is my wife Netbook, so I can't touch it ;-) I'm using an Energy Efficient Athlon 64 x2 running at 2200MHz, I have no processing power problems, but I think that it might be too much for an Atom. But Teza has good results with the Asus 1005HA, so I got curious to make a test when I have time :-) Best regards and Happy Christmas! Fernando On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Ricardo Lameiro ricardolame...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure abaut this, but I ear somewhere that using intensively the solidstate HD can destroy some sectors. so working in audio could damage the SolidState HD. If you have a normal hard drive i think it is ok. Please if I am wrong someone correct me. Ricardo 2009/12/24 teza tsalio...@orange.fr Hi, I'm running UbunuStudio 9.1O on my Asus 1005HA netbook without any troubles at all, can play guitar with Raccarrack, guitarix and record with Ardour, I can use my usb sound card M audio Fast Track with it running Jack. regards Teza. ///:://.. Atom Smasher a écrit : aside from a smaller screen, are there any concerns about running ubuntu-studio on a netbook? thanks... -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Fagote / Contrafagote Bassoon / Contra-bassoon http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: recording vocals
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM, sandie san...@sandgreen.dk wrote: teza wrote: Hi ,Sandie, just a question, what will be your choice between Hardy and Jaunty 32 bits, for my point of view I will choose the Hardy, but I never use Jaunty 32 bits. Is there any troubles with rt kernel in Jaunty? Thanks for your help. Regards from Paris (France) Teza Someone told me (I think it was on this list), that it's a bad idea to use Hardy if you also use the same pc for internet, something about security ? I had some strange problems with the propriotary ATI driver and rt-kernel on Jaunty, and my husband's almost identical pc had no problems. Imho... I think the best solution wound be to find an old disk and take it for a test-drive. btw. why not try Karmic instead of Jaunty ? Regards from Demnark :-) Sandie -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users Hi Teza and Sandie My PC doesn't even boot with 8.10 and 9.04 rt kernels, but works very well with 8.04 and also works (more or less) with 9.10 beta. I built custom rt kernels for 8.10 and 9.04 to be able to make them work on my hardware (AMD 780G chipset with a Athlon 64 X2 processor). Never managed to run the proprietary ATI drivers with the rt kernels thow, even on the new 9.10 beta (you can see my results at http://openstudio.info). The ATI proprietary driver work with every version with non rt kernels on the same hardware (I didn't test it yet with the 9.10 beta not realtime). I still have some freezes with 9.10 with its rt kernel, no freezes using 8.04 with its rt kernel nor using any of the custom built rt kernels (nor using non rt kernels from any of these versions). So I I'll put my effort on having a stable 9.10 system with its rt kernel (32 bit, since I'll only have 2GB RAM, I have no advantage on having a 64 bit OS). Regards from Portugal! Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Re: recording vocals
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:15 PM, beej...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 9, 2009 11:05am, Fernando Gomes f.m.go...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM, sandie san...@sandgreen.dk wrote: Hi Teza and Sandie My PC doesn't even boot with 8.10 and 9.04 rt kernels, but works very well with 8.04 and also works (more or less) with 9.10 beta. I built custom rt kernels for 8.10 and 9.04 to be able to make them work on my hardware (AMD 780G chipset with a Athlon 64 X2 processor). Never managed to run the proprietary ATI drivers with the rt kernels thow, even on the new 9.10 beta (you can see my results at http://openstudio.info). The ATI proprietary driver work with every version with non rt kernels on the same hardware (I didn't test it yet with the 9.10 beta not realtime). I still have some freezes with 9.10 with its rt kernel, no freezes using 8.04 with its rt kernel nor using any of the custom built rt kernels (nor using non rt kernels from any of these versions). So I I'll put my effort on having a stable 9.10 system with its rt kernel (32 bit, since I'll only have 2GB RAM, I have no advantage on having a 64 bit OS). Regards from Portugal! Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users I was under the impression that the proprietary drivers were never updated by ATI ever since a somewhat workable free driver became available. Which put a lot of people in a bad spot because the free driver is not quite up-to-speed yet, and many users found that they're 3D rendering was really bad and there was no easy fix (I think that the proprietary drivers CAN be used with 9.04, but not without a lot of work). As far as I know, Hardy was the last system which had a truly working proprietary ATI driver. This article covers the issue: http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_ubuntu_and_ati_blues -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users Yes, I had the ATI driver working on the 9.04 (non rt) after manually installing it - I didn't remember exactly the process to do it, but it worked (this is why now I'm logging my work on openstudio.info, this way I have a memo of what I have done and can be also usefull to others). I didn't managed to use the ATI proprietary drivers with the rt kernel (I had to boot using the non rt kernel, change to the free driver and boot again the rt kernel). The problem for me with the free driver is that it is TERRIBLY SLOW... When I have a full screen refresh I can see it being refreshed from top to bottom. With the ATI driver (catalyst) it is very fast. If you have some tips on how to use the proprietary drivers with the rt kernel, please let me know ;-) Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: recording vocals
Hi Jason I'm using a M-Audio Nova mic (about $100), connected to the Tascam US-122 USB audio interface. I've recently added the Behringer MIC800 modeling preamp, but haven't made any real test with it. I like the sound with the M-Audio Nova + Tascam US122 combination the problem for me is that the US122 phantom power is a bit tricky (the second input channel has noise when I turn on the phantom power for powering the mic)... Of course everything is working on Ubuntu Studio (9.10 Beta at the moment, as I posted yesterday to the list). If you need any additional details please feel free to ask me! Fernando On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Jason M. Christos technologyja...@gmail.com wrote: what is good microphone in the $200 range to record vocals that is compatible with ubuntu studio? I would prefer to hear from someone who has actually used the combination to record vocals, thanks in advance -- - Jason M. Christos http://www.google.com/profiles/Jason.Christos -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: recording vocals
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:20 PM, beej...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 5, 2009 12:51am, Jason M. Christos technologyja...@gmail.com wrote: what is good microphone in the $200 range to record vocals that is compatible with ubuntu studio? I would prefer to hear from someone who has actually used the combination to record vocals, thanks in advance -- - Jason M. Christos http://www.google.com/profiles/Jason.Christos I highly recommend the Studio Projects B3 microphone. For its price (around $150 on-line) it is easily one of the best sounding large-diaphragm condenser microphones out there. My set-up for this is: Mic Audio Interface w/ built-in preamps (Presonus Firepod) Computer (Currently running Hardy) As others have mentioned, you will need to have phantom power in order to use condenser microphones. Which means either your soundcard or interface needs to supply the power, or you'll want to have a dedicated pre-amp. Finally, once again, it seems we have all forgotten that we are supposed to be writing at the BOTTOM of posts when replying, not at the top. Thanks! -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users Sorry about the top posting in my previous email :-) It was my mistake, sorry! Regarding the phantom power, my USB interface (Tascam US122) has problems when the phantom power is on, and it is also known for 'burning' the internal phantom power supply if we disconnect the microphone with the phantom power on... This was also reported for other USB interfaces, but I can't remember the other that had the same problems. So I think the better way might be to have a dedicated mic preamp with phantom power, an internal soundcard, or a firewire audio interface (any of these can have decent power supplies, the usb audio interfaces with phantom power have a more difficult task since they are powered by the USB interface, so they have limited power capability). As I told before, mine works well, with two exceptions: I can't use the other input channel (I usually use it for the guitar) while I have the phantom power on, because it has high noise with the phantom power on, and I have to be careful to not disconnect the mic while having the phantom power on. Other more recent usb audio interfaces might be better, maybe someone can recommend you one that works well on Ubuntustudio. Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Please help test UbuntuStudio 9.10 beta ISOs.
Hi I was only today able to download the Ubuntustudio 9.10 beta to test it and found that the release being tested was not available to download anymore. I've downloaded the latest daily release and installed it. I put at the following address my first impressions: http://www.openstudio.info/index.php?option=com_contentview=sectionlayout=blogid=5Itemid=54 Some small problems with grub and windows, with ATI graphic drivers, but it worked with my hardware that wasn't working with previous releases (the latest one that worked was 8.04, I was running it with 9.04 but with a custom build rt kernel) If you want me to make any additional test, please feel free to ask. My homestudio pc has a AMD 780G chipset and an Athlon 64 X2 processor. Fernando On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Luke Yelavich them...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all Its that time again, the time when the Ubuntu, and Ubuntu derivatives, including Ubuntu Studio, need their beta release ISOs tested. Please go to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com to find out more about how you can help test. More specifically, go to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/build/ubuntustudio/all to help test and track the UbuntuStudio ISO testing process. From there, you will be given links to download the candidate ISOs for the UbuntuStudio beta release. Please consider giving your time to help test this beta release. Thank you Luke -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Please help test UbuntuStudio 9.10 beta ISOs.
Hi I'll be able to test the 9.10 beta during next weekend, I have a problem running ubuntustudio 9.04 so I'm using a custom built rt kernel (2.6.31 at this moment). I have a site where I collect some of my experiences and notes - It's more like my log book :-) - where I put some 'tricks' I made on my 'studio' setup, both for linux and for music, please feel free to visit and to post your articles and comments (you have to register for posting) at http://www.openstudio.info, your comments and critics are welcome :-) Fernando On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Luke Yelavich them...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi all Its that time again, the time when the Ubuntu, and Ubuntu derivatives, including Ubuntu Studio, need their beta release ISOs tested. Please go to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com to find out more about how you can help test. More specifically, go to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/build/ubuntustudio/all to help test and track the UbuntuStudio ISO testing process. From there, you will be given links to download the candidate ISOs for the UbuntuStudio beta release. Please consider giving your time to help test this beta release. Thank you Luke -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty Real Time Kernel fails immediately
I have the same warning I get from Luke kernel related to nvidia in the postbuild script (that occurs also when I install new packeges using apt-get). I rebooted and it also worked well (seems similar to Luke kernel in the short tests I made, still didn't make any audio tests). - From what you have said, yours and Luke's (and mine for that matter) should be nearly identical. Thanks Gustin! The warning I get (both for Luke kernel and the one I built) is the following: Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.29.2-rt11-fg.postinst line 1186. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.29.2-rt11-fg (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 I get this warning when I install the kernel and when I install some other packages. It is related with nvidia-common, but I don't have any nvidia hardware (chipset or graphic card) on this PC... Perhaps it can be solved removing some option on the kernel? Thanks again Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty Real Time Kernel fails immediately
I get this warning when I install the kernel and when I install some other packages. It is related with nvidia-common, but I don't have any nvidia hardware (chipset or graphic card) on this PC... Perhaps it can be solved removing some option on the kernel? Just reinstall the fglrx driver, or better still install the radeonhd driver. I've tried to reinstall the fglrx driver and X doesn't show up with RT kernel (works well with plain kernel) I also tried to install the radeonhd driver but I don't know how to activate it, is it in X configuration? Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty Real Time Kernel fails immediately
Sounds more like you've got the wrong driver set in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf I didn't make any nvidia specific changes. If you'd like to compile it, grab the source from kernel.org, apply ingo's rt patch, and then set the preemption to Complete and the Timer Freq to 1000Hz. -- Luke MacNeil www.lukemacneil.com An update to my previous email: The problem I had with Luke kernel was because I was using a proprietary driver for my Radeon HD 3200 graphic card before I install Luke kernel and this why I have no X with this kernel, I rebooted with the normal kernel, reverted to the non proprietary driver, reinstalled Luke kernel (I have removed it in the meantime) and it works without any error or warning in the logs! This is completely different from what happens with the ubuntustudio rt kernel, that I am unable to use because the PC doesn't even boot, even passing nolapic and other boot parameters. Are there significant differences between Luke kernel and the kernel from ubuntustudio? Do you know if there is some possibility to use ATI proprietary drivers with rt kernels? The graphic performance with non proprietary drivers is a bit low, compared to the one I have with proprietary drivers :-( After using Luke kernel I decided to build one myself (a thing that I had done many years ago, when it was necessary to rebuild the kernel to support new hardware). I've used the kernel linux-2.6.29.2.tar.bz2 and the rt patch patch-2.6.29.2-rt11.bz2 both from kernel.org. Then I used make menuconfig and changed preemption to complete and timer freq to 1000Hz, accordingly with Luke's instructions. Then I made: make-kpkg clean time fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd -rev mz1 kernel_image kernel_headers After finishing building the kernel packages, I made sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.29.2-rt11-fg_mz1_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.29.2-rt11-fg_mz1_i386.deb I have the same warning I get from Luke kernel related to nvidia in the postbuild script (that occurs also when I install new packeges using apt-get). I rebooted and it also worked well (seems similar to Luke kernel in the short tests I made, still didn't make any audio tests). Is this the correct way for building a new kernel for Ubuntu? I followed a Debian kernel build tutorial... Can we have conflicts if there is some kernel update on ubuntustudio repository? The mail is long, I'm going to stop now :-) Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Away For Now...
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Cory K. coryis...@gmail.com wrote: I've recently stepped down from Studio involvement for now (I'll tinker here and there) and have had some life changes that require me to be away from my home. So to help me focus on what I have to do I'm disabling various lists I'm on. This is sadly one. I will however still be on the -devel list. Have fun, be nice and get involved. BBL -Cory K. Hi Cory Thanks for all your work and good luck! Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty Real Time Kernel fails immediately
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Gustin Johnson gus...@echostar.ca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Luke MacNeil wrote: Indeed. I spend a lot of time tweaking audio packages for my own system. I'm sure you do to. If we can figure this out, we can probably be of substantial help to the project. I've installed plain 9.04 i386 and then installed Luke rt kernel. And the system boots without the locks during boot I get from ubuntustudio 9.04 rt kernel. The only problem I have (and is a major one, but I didn't have time yet to look at it) is that there is an error during the installation of Luke kernel, due to some nvidea problem (as my system has an ATI graphic, I tried to reboot using Luke kernel even with this error), and during boot the x doesn't start, I opened a console and the system is working well without errors on dmesg, but I expected to see some errors due to the graphic failure... I have to spend some more time with this problem... Luke, can you tell us what did you do to build your kernel? The fact of not having boot locks on my hardware with your kernel is because it is based on a newer version (this is a fact) or because you tweaked it somehow? Thanks Luke, and it seems we are going in the right direction, I was thinking already that the only way to use ubuntustudio is to change my hardware! Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty Real Time Kernel fails immediately
Hello, mine fails immediately with ubuntustudio 9.04 (amd and i386) without any writes in the log files (I can boot from another ubuntu setup on the same pc and mount the ubuntustudio 9.04 partition to explore the log files). Standard ubuntu 9.04 works very well, but if I install then the ubuntustudio metapackages I have the same result as installing from the ubuntustudio DVD. My hardware configuration is the following: * AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ * 1GB DDR2 666 RAM * 500 GB SATA HDD (Samsung) * Motherboard: Elite A780GM-A Black Edition * Graphics: ATI™ Radeon HD3200 graphics (Integrated in the AMD 780G chipset) * LAN: ATHEROS L1 Gigabit Fast Ethernet NIC * Soundcard: TASCAM US-122 (there are other 2 soundcards onboard, one a IDT 92HD206 8-channel audio CODEC, the other is associated with the HDMI output) With 64Studio 3.0 beta (amd and i386) I can boot only if I pass nolapic in the boot options, but with ubuntustudio 9.04 I saw no difference in using the nolapic option. I also tried with lots of other boot options without any results. The noapic/nolapic options are usually used to work around broken BIOSs. Please upgrade your BIOS and try again with no extra boot options. I have similar hardware and I no longer use that computer for audio tasks. My older 939 based 4400+ X2 works flawlessly, but the AM2 stuff has been nothing but a pain for me. Hi I have almost the latest bios, there is a newer one but the update reason was only to support AM3 CPUs. I'll try to upgrade but it seems to me that it won't solve the problem. Also the nolapic option only work with 64Studio, not with UbuntuStudio. And the system is very stable with standard Ubuntu 9.04, so it seems to be a mismatch between the RT kernel and this hardware configuration, since it works well with the standard kernel. Do you have problems with AM2 platforms? With standard linux kernels or only with RT kernels? The last RT kernel I can use in my platform was the kernel from Ubuntu 8.04 or 64Studio 2.0, every other upgrade doesn't work or work only disabling the LAPIC. Do you think intel platforms work better with RT kernels? Any suggestions? Has anyone managed to run UbuntuStudio 9.04 on a hardware platform similar to mine? - Elite A780GM-A Black Edition - AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ Best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty Real Time Kernel fails immediately
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Kjel Anderson kjel.ander...@gmail.com wrote: Susan, I updated your bug report. There was someone in IRC who was having the same problem. Do you know what motherboard you have? This fellow on IRC and I had the exact same model. Hello, mine fails immediately with ubuntustudio 9.04 (amd and i386) without any writes in the log files (I can boot from another ubuntu setup on the same pc and mount the ubuntustudio 9.04 partition to explore the log files). Standard ubuntu 9.04 works very well, but if I install then the ubuntustudio metapackages I have the same result as installing from the ubuntustudio DVD. My hardware configuration is the following: * AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ * 1GB DDR2 666 RAM * 500 GB SATA HDD (Samsung) * Motherboard: Elite A780GM-A Black Edition * Graphics: ATI™ Radeon HD3200 graphics (Integrated in the AMD 780G chipset) * LAN: ATHEROS L1 Gigabit Fast Ethernet NIC * Soundcard: TASCAM US-122 (there are other 2 soundcards onboard, one a IDT 92HD206 8-channel audio CODEC, the other is associated with the HDMI output) With 64Studio 3.0 beta (amd and i386) I can boot only if I pass nolapic in the boot options, but with ubuntustudio 9.04 I saw no difference in using the nolapic option. I also tried with lots of other boot options without any results. If you want me to make any additional test please ask, I'll only be at home in a few days but I'll make the tests then. It is working also well with ubuntustudio 8.04 (from time to time I have a lost RTC interrupt in the error log) Thanks Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty RT testing
Hi, I'm running ubuntustudio 8.04 and today I tried to install a second boot with Jaunty. The normal Jaunty setup works well, not a problem detected (didn't test it much, only used the normal office internet applications and they were running well with the standard kernel)). Then I installed the ubuntustudio packages (including the RT kernel). After this step, if I try to boot using the RT kernel, it locks during boot. The kernel is the 2.6.28-3-rt, the last message during boot is: [0.392000] io scheduler cfq registered (default) The same machine is working well with 8.04 and kernel 2.6.24-23-rt The PC is a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+, with 1GB RAM and 500 GB SATA HDD (Samsung) The motherboard is an Elite A780GM-A Black Edition with integrated graphics (AMD 780G-based with ATI™ Radeon HD3200 graphics) Do you want me to test anything else on this hardware setup? Fernando On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:00 PM, wayne wa...@jawnee.org wrote: 2009/4/19 wayne wa...@jawnee.org On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 22:37 -0500, Brian David wrote: On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: beej...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 13, 2009 1:07pm, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: System-Admin-Ubuntu Studio Controls Believe me, I tried to use Studio Controls. Jaunty changed the relevant permissions file from /etc/udev/rules.d/40-basic-permissions.rules (which is, I believe, the file that Studio Controls is editing) to /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules. When I selected the appropriate box in Studio Controls to allow raw1394 permission, this did not fix my problem. I had to use the solution I mentioned in the earlier post. The original 40-basic-permissions.rules found in Ibex and Hardy is not in Jaunty. Please don't email me directly. ;) I'll have someone look at it. I seem to remember some changes that address what you said above. Maybe the changes didn't hit yet. -Cory K. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users Oh, hey, I just remembered another small annoyance. For whatever reason, the new version of JACK doesn't allow me to force quit if JACK freezes (which is common when you're testing the settings) Instead, I need to restart X now in order to get JACK turned off after a freeze, because I'm a noob and I'm not sure how to do it via command line. It's not a huge inconvenience, and I'm not even sure it's something the Ubuntu Studio team can do anything about, but it would be nice if I could just force quit JACK like the old days. you can try killall jackd from the command line. or use the GUI-enabled System Monitor available in the menu under System/Administration, at least on 8.04 Hardy UBS. good luck. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:05 +0200, Christian Masser wrote: Same Problem to me, but killall jackd doesn't work, but I didn't try it with the system monitor, thanks for the tip ~Christian Masser maybe it is not jackd that is stuck, but qjackctl, the QT gui for using jack? if so, killall qjackctl.bin may work. the nice thing about killall (at least on 8.04), is that after typing killall, then entering a space, then start typing the name of the process, you can use the Tab key (ala Bash command completion) to finish the process name. when JACK freezes, check with killall if jackd is even running. it may just be that qtjackctl is stuck, which happens to me when the underlying jackd process crashes: jackd dies, but qtjackctl is frozen. also, the qtjackctl process will prob be qtjackctl.bin, since that pre-script pauses PulseAudio using paususpender before starting jackd... again, at least on 8.04. this way, no PulseAudio getting in the way, while not having to totally remove it. hope that helps. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Rosegargen + Fluidsynth - no sound while recording
Hi I'm trying to use Fluidsynth DSSI plugin in Rosegarden (on Ubuntu Studio 8.04) to record some midi tracks, using my midi keyboard. I 'virtually' connect the soundcard midi (TASCAM 122) in patchage to the midi recording input in Rosegarden and start recording on rosegarden, I see the track being updated with my midi events (keys I press on the midi keyboard), but I have no sound output. If I stop and replay then I can hear all the keys that were recorded, so the fluidsynth plugin is working. How can I hear it during recording? Or do you suggest other configuration to do this kind of recording? Using QSynth instead of the Fluidsynth DSSI plugin? Thanks! Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Rosegargen + Fluidsynth - no sound while recording
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Asmo Koskinen asmo.koski...@arkki.info wrote: Fernando, can you help Edward Tyrie (edtyrie at gmail.com) to set up his Tascam work, he has also Tascam US-122: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/2009-March/004378.html Yes, let me get my installation notes I have at home (I only be at home by the end of the week). Using QSynth instead of the Fluidsynth DSSI plugin? Yes, I have used that (QSynth(Fluidsynth) + Rosegarden) combination. Best Regards Asmo Koskinen. And do you have QSynth sound while recording in Rosegarden using this setup? Best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Newbie question - soundcard support
Thank you all! I just bought a Tascam US122 on Ebay, so I'm waiting to try it with Linux! Best regards On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:47:00 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello http://www.tascam.com/products/us-224.html it's work fine on linux system * input/output works * record, play, pause works * I haven't try to make works the left-part of the card (faders for 4 tracks) maybe they works, maybe not ciao'livier Salut, la carte fonctionne bien sur un system linux * les entrées/sorties fonctionnent * enregistrement, play, pause fonctionnent * Je n'ai pas essayé de faire fonctionner la partie gauche de la carte (les faders pour 4 pistes), peut être qu'ils fonctionnent, ou pas The smaller Tascam is reported to work afaik, it's similar to this one: http://www.tascam.com/products/us-122l.html The Problem is that the newer one, US-122L does not work, so if you can get one without the L it should be fine. I personally use an roland/edirol UA-25 which has about the same features. There's also an Alesis usb device that is very similar. If firewire is an option for you, you could try to find a small device that is known to work. Firewire has some benefits over usb and few drawbacks, like, not being available on every computer and not working very well with every firewire controller chipset. Have a look at alsa-project.org for soundcards in general, freebob.org and ffado.org for firewire audio devices. Good luck Phil -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Newbie question - soundcard support
Hi, I'm new to ubuntustudio (but long time user of Linux and Ubuntu). I'm building a dedicated homestudio PC and need to choose the soundboard for it (currently using a soundblaster, but want to have less noise in the recordings and better resolution, if possible). My problem is what hardware currently on sale is supported by linux / ubuntustudio. For me the ideal board will have 2 mic inputs with phantom power (with the possibility to change one of them to high impedance to connect an electric guitar directly) and one midi in/midi out, if possible external (USB or FireWire). For now with the information I have I probably choose a PCI board (M-Audio Audiophile 2496) and use an external preamp (M-Audio Audio Buddy or M-Audio DMP3), because I am not shure of an external unit that met all my requirements and is supported by linux / ubuntustudio (M-Audio FastTrack Pro, for example). Are there ubuntustudio users on this list with similar requirements that can suggest hardware that they know it works with ubuntustudio? Even if it isn't the latest version, but can be found on ebay, for me it's fine Thanks in advance! Best regards Fernando -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
