[PD] mac os x watchdog and error number -9997

[Max Neupert]

sorry, somebody else has to help here, i have no idea.
max


Samuel B Burt schrieb:

> Thanks so much M. Neupert!  This was perfect.  I have PD running in OS X
> in multiple user accounts.
> 
> I still have a few questions that I want to resolve over time.  Is there
> a reason why pure data does not work with older versions of TclTk?  Has
> PD been optimized specifically for the tcltk 8.5 install?  I still would
> like to know why there are 0.36 extended installers out there that do not
> work.  Would they work properly now that I have the right version of
> TclTk?
> 
> Samuel Burt
> brialey at juno.com
> 
> 
> 
>>Max Neupert wrote:
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>>do you have the same trouble with this one:?
>>
>>
> 
> http://puredata.org/Members/hans/downloads/installers/PureData-0.37.1_Mac
> OSX-%280.2.5%29-TclTk8.5.dmg
> 
>>install tcltk 8.5 first:
>>
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/tigital/.cv/tigital/Public/tcltk8.5a4CG.sit-link.
> sit
> 
>>Samuel B Burt schrieb:
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>>
>>>I have been using pd in Windows for a long time and I also ran it 
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>>in
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>>>Linux for a while.  I have been a subscriber to the development 
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>>list
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>>>because I like to stay on top of all the changes that are being 
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>>made and
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>>>new functionalities added.  However, I have not been subscribed to 
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>>this
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>>>list, because, up until now, I could solve my own problems without 
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>>asking
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>>>for help.  So, I apologize now if this is a frequent question, and 
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>>if it
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>>>is, I hope someone can point me quickly to the solution.  I have 
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>>seen
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>>>references to similar problems in the list archives but no 
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>>satisfactory
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>>>answers or thorough discussions of the matter.
>>>
>>>At the Peabody Institute I have access to many G3s and G4s.  I 
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>>have
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>>>always been unsuccessful installing pd in OS X.  Today, I 
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>>attempted to
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>>>use the pd-0.36-extended2-MacOSX.dmg.  The installer always runs 
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>>fine. 
>>
>>>When I try to open pd, however, I get the following:
>>>
>>>Error number -9997 occured opening portaudio stream
>>>Error message: Invalid device ID
>>>watchdog: signaling pd...
>>>watchdog: signaling pd...
>>>watchdog: signaling pd...
>>>watchdog: signaling pd...
>>>etc.
>>>
>>>After trying some fixes suggested in previous threads like using 
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>>various
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>>>flags and running Disk Utility to fix permissions, I ran pd and 
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>>got the
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>>>same results.  I have tried -noadc, I have tried sudoing pd, I 
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>>have tried
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>>>running pd as root, and I cannot find anything that works.  I know 
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>>that
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>>>other people out there are using pd in OS X.  How did you do it?  
>>
>>I would
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>>>be happy to write a how-to guide if there isn't one once I solve 
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>>the
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>>>problem.
>>>
>>>S B Burt
>>>brialey at juno.com
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