[PD] PD 0.33 test 6 works with alsa 0.9B3 but not 0.9B4

[jfm3]

Burning the midnight oil as well, I see.  :)

I have heard others have had problems with ALSA 0.9beta4 and the rawmidi 
code.  I was advised to give up and move on to the CVS bleeding edge. 
Given the number of horrific bugs I've been turning up in the ALSA mtpav 
driver, switching to the CVS version is attractive for me.

How does one tell if Pd is using the ALSA interface or not?  I got pd 
test 5 to compile with the CVS version of a few days ago, but I can't 
tell if it's using /dev/midi or something more fun when it actually 
runs.  -alsa no longer seems to be a command line option...

Are you using the ALSA sequencer?  Has the API for that stabilized?

(jfm3)


Miller Puckette wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> So I've been trying to figure out how to get Pd to run with Alsa 0.9x.  I have
> to report that so far it's a failure.
> 
> Pd 0.33 "test" versions work with Alsa 0.9 Beta 3.  However, I can't compile
> 0.9 Beta 3 with 2.4 kernels because Alsa 0.9B3 defines a timer_t that conflicts
> with the Linus 2.4 definition of the same name.  You can squeak by by 
> doing without MIDI and many offensive sound cards.  If you do this you can just
> barely get Alsa 0.9B3 to compile in RedHat 7.1 (for example) and its 2.4
> kernel.  Pd 0.33 test5 (and I hope test6) then work.  (You do have to know
> exactly what blocksize and "frags" parameters to feed it...  see earlier mail
> from me on this list.)
> 
> I've just been entertaining myself with trying to get Pd to run with Alsa
> 0.9Beta 4.  I had to upgrade to RedHat 7.1 because 0.9Beta4 seems not to work
> with 2.2 kernels.  And now I find that Pd 0.33test6 (the latest) doesn't work
> at all with Alsa except in OSS emulation.  OSS emulation seems to work OK
> at least.
> 
> If any of you have tried test versions of Pd 0.33 with Alsa 0.9B4 and founf
> out how to get it to work I'd sure like to know how you do it.  In the
> meantime I'll continue trying to find out what my problems are.
> 
> 
> cheers
> Miller