[PD] i lost my credibility

[olm-e]

Here in Belgium, once we had election invalidated because a computer had a
bug (electronic voting system). The experts that investigated the case
found that it was ... cosmic rays ...

no one knows how they found out about that (I guess it's the last chance
answer from an expert, his jocker before everyone laugh roling on the
floor... )

but as you're an artist, probably you can just say you don't know what
happened, and probably you don't care, exept for it not to reapear later.

So changing the setup is good : other inital conditions will lead to
another chaos attractor.

... (how many time did I got my gear braking without notice just when it
should not, and resurecting with just a whisper of hope... countless ... I
even had a living dead hard-drive for more than 6 month, rattling and
refracting to start up but still working... )

keep up the good work, until the sky fall down ;)


Olm-

PS : murphy's law is the only one to trust in "computer science"...

>
> hello,
>
> i need help to understand a major problem i had today.
>
> i'm unsing a old computer for a project, running ubuntu linux 10.04, with
> a presonus FP10 fire wire soundcard with jack.
> everything was running fine for weeks when we worked on this project.
> i boot this computer 3 days ago, start pd and everything was working wey
> well for all rehearsal.
> (i did not close pd since)
>
>
> the problem i've experience is that pd freeze during the performance.
>
>
> (fortunately, it was 10 000 Km away from where i'm living so i have no
> friend on the audience)
> This is my 1st unexpected pd freeze (when i'm not on edit mode) since i
> begin using pd, 11 years ago.
> i'm running pd vanilla with almost no externals
> thanks to Murphy's law, it occur in performance, and not in rehearsal.
>
> worst of all : i don't know what is the problem, and can't make things
> work again.
>
> So, the 1st thing i could imagine is a hardware problem, since the
> software was tested for month.
> (This patch work for weeks without closing pd, and this pd installation
> run for 8 month for an installation).
>
> fact are :
> - after rebooting the computer/soundcard etc, jack start and works
> - audacity can connect to jack.
> - pd crash on start-up if started with jack.
> - i do not change anything about pd
> - i did not physically touch the computer for the last 10 minutes before
> the freeze (everything is automatized)
> - this computer is not connected to internet, i did not do any update
> since it was stable.
> - the soundcard works OK on an other computer on osX.
>
> i'll use another computer for tomorrow performance, and i'll have more
> time to understand the problem when i'll be back home, however i would
> really appreciate to understand as soon as possible what could cause a
> huge problem like what i experience today.
>
> So, with that mail i share my shame with you, but i also really apreciate
> to have some pointer about what to test in order to understand the
> problem.
> Why pd can't connect to jack anymore, since jack work and noting was
> change about pd?
> and why this occure during a live performance...
>
>
> thanks for your consideration,
>
> cheers
> Cyrille  (sad)
>
>
>