PD help needed

[Dave Phillips]

Greetings:

  Okay, I now have PD working again, complete with sound, and it's
great. However, I can't get GEM loaded to save my soul. Here's what I do
& get :

  [dlphilp at localhost bin]$ ./pd -frags 128 -lib
/home/dlphilp/gem-0.84/Gem.pd_linux
  successfully opened /dev/dsp write-only
  successfully reopened /dev/dsp read/write
  OSS: Could not set fragment size
  /home/dlphilp/gem-0.84/Gem.pd_linux: can't load library


I use the -frags setting in order to avoid DIO errors. I'm using the
ALSA 0.5.9b driver for my SBLive, if that makes a difference. PD doesn't
seem to mind whatever I set frags to, and the audio output is nice and
smooth.

So how do I go about finding what's wrong with my GEM object ?

Best regards,

== Dave Phillips

	The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
	The Linux Soundapps Site at http://sound.condorow.net





Dave Phillips wrote:
> 
> Greetings:
> 
>   I've been trying to get PD + GEM working under Linux, but I'm having
> poor luck at it. I got a great headache trying to compile it (either
> MP's or GG's version) until I realized that it didn't like my Tcl\Tk 8.0
> installation, so I upgraded to 8.3 and PD now compiles without
> complaint.
> 
>   So then I installed it, according to the instructions in the makefile,
> to the /usr/local hierarchy. But when I try running it I get this:
> 
> [dlphilp at localhost src]$ pd -rt
> successfully opened /dev/dsp write-only
> successfully reopened /dev/dsp read/write
> priority 96 scheduling enabled.
> memory locking enabled.
> priority 98 scheduling enabled.
> memory locking enabled.
> sh: ./bin/pd-watchdog: No such file or directory
> sh: ./bin/pd-gui: No such file or directory
> Pd: signal 2
> 
>   I assumed the install would place everything where needed. My bad. So
> where does everything need to be in order for PD to find it ? Or what
> other info do you need to help me debug this situation ?
> 
>   I've successfully compiled Gem 0.84 but since I haven't yet got PD
> working I don't know if this version will work with PD. If anyone else
> is using PD + GEM under Linux, please let me know if there are any tips
> on getting this show working. I'm anxious to see the combination in
> action... :)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> == Dave Phillips
> 
>         The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
>         The Linux Soundapps Site at http://sound.condorow.net
> 
> Currently listening to: Aphex Twin, "Mold"

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