[PD] Pd-X update confusion

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Your best bet is to use the default preferences, i.e. remove  
~/.pdextended.  For example, you need to first load the 'libdir'  
library in order to load the rest.  If you want to maintain a custom  
~/.pdextended, then use the included preferences in /usr/lib/pd- 
extended/default.pdextended.

I think the best way to manage preferences is to embed them into the  
patch itself, i.e. using [import], [declare].  For audio and midi  
settings see these help patches in the Help Browser:

hcs -> get-audio-dialog-help.pd
hcs -> get-midi-dialog-help.pd

But I must confess, I almost always use the built-in audio on my  
laptop, so my setup is quite simple.

.hc


On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:

> I am now just getting back into pd mode since Sept
>
> and I just recently upgraded Ubuntu from 9.04 -> 10.10
>
> which needed a kernel broadcom wifi driver tweak
>
> I installed the 'PD-0.42.5-extended-20101205' using the .deb package
> (because it works perfectly on my Dell mini9 (which I use as a test  
> sandbox))
>
> I tested all my Linux audio apps on Ubuntu 10.10
> (my config is in the sig at the end of this email)
> and every one checked out OK
> except for baudline which wasn't working with ALSA
>
> the reason it wasn't working with ALSA - as related to me by the  
> developer - was that
> 'Ubuntu 10.10 removed kernel ALSA OSS emulation' but baudline does  
> work with Jack'
>
>
> so I'm having a lot of problems getting Pd set up the way it was on  
> my 9.04 system
> which was working fine up until my upgrade
>
>
> I have a few questions related to problems that are causing much  
> confusion:
>
> problem #1:
> ===========
> no audio via ALSA
>
> - I open the Audio Settings panel, point my settings to my USB card,  
> click save, apply
>    - open and start the Test Audio patch
>    - there is no audio
>    - the console doesn't say anything about trying to find or  
> connect to an audio device
>    - re-open the Audio settings panel and the settings are all  
> switched back to my 'nanokontrol'
>
> the ~/.pdextended file says:
> noaudioin: True
> noaudioout: True
>
> I try the same procedure with Jack and there is audio
> and ALSA midi also seems to work fine
>
> is there a problem with ALSA and Pd now due to the removal of ALSA  
> OSS emulation?
>
>
>
> problem #2:
> ===========
> Libraries are not loading
>
> - all the libraries that were installed with 0.42.5 are not found  
> even though they are listed in the .pdextended file
> - I read on the Pd FAQ page that '.pdextended' is the file where all  
> the paths are stored
> but I was using Pd extended in my studio and all my paths (I think)  
> were in the '.pdsettings' file which supposedly was used only by the  
> pd plain vanilla version
>
> - was there a change made to the settings file name between Sept and  
> now?
> - and is there a simpler way of re-constituting my paths other than  
> doing it by hand?
>
> can someone point me to something that can bring me up to date on  
> changes since Sept?
> a change log or something?
>
> any/all help is very appreciated!!
>
> oh yeah, happy new year!
>
> -- 
> *my Linux audio perf config:*
> Dell Studio 15 Core2 Duo 2.0GHz 3G-RAM
> Ubuntu 10.10
> kernel 2.6.35-24-generic
> jackd version jackdmp 1.9.6
> Ardour 2.8.11
> Pd version 0.42.5-extended
> USB iMic audio interface
> Korg nanoKontrol
> cpufreq-set - both cpu's are set to 2.0GHz and userspace
>
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