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[Karl MacMillan]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Alessandro Fogar wrote:

> Hi Karl,
> 
> I tried to use the gtk_gui but, on my system when I try to start pd, the
> following message appears after the sounddevice opening:
> 
> Function not in object 0x80870e0 hash table >pdtk_watchdog<
> recv: Connection reset by peer (104)
> 

This makes some sense - the watchdog functions are not implemented so you
should not run pd with -rt.  This should not kill the socket, however.

> If I don't start pd with -rt I obtain:
> 
> pd: exiting
> 
> After the sounddevice opening.
> 
> Can you help me please ?
> 

I'm not quite certain what the problem is - the pd: exiting means that pd
encountered some problem.  Did you use all of the same options as with -rt
when you did it without?  Also, what pd version are you using?

Karl


> Cheers
> 
> Alessandro Fogar
> 
> 
> Karl MacMillan wrote:
> 
> > Great!
> >
> > This means that getting my gtk+ gui going is as simple as:
> >
> > 1) download the source from http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/~karlmac/download/
> > 2) tar zxvf pd-gui.tar.gz somewhere convenient.
> > 3) cd to pd-gui and run ./autogen.sh (this will make and run the configure
> >     script).
> > 4) make (don't make install - just make).
> >
> > After this if all went well you will have a binary in pd-gui/src called
> > pd_gui.  You can either make a symlink in the pd/bin directory to this
> > binary called pd-gui or use the new -guicmd option.  The symlink version
> > is done with:
> >
> > cd /path/to/pd/bin
> > mv pd-gui pd-gui-tk
> > ln -s /path/to/pd-gui/src/pd_gui pd-gui
> >
> > Have fun,
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Miller Puckette wrote:
> >
> > > ... yes; I've made it easier still (I hope) with the "-guicmd" option.
> > >
> > > I'll have to get on a Macintosh to see how variable sends and receives are
> > > done there (I agree it's time to put them in!)...
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > Miller
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Using the gui and pd on separate machines should be fairly easy - all of
> > > > the communication between the two is via standard tcp sockets.
> > > >
> > > > Karl
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > _____________________________________________________
> > | Karl W. MacMillan                                 |
> > | Computer Music Department                         |
> > | Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University |
> > | karlmac at peabody.jhu.edu                           |
> > | www.peabody.jhu.edu/~karlmac                      |
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| Karl W. MacMillan                                 |
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