[PD] apt-get puredata no gui available

[pix]

(i accidentally mailed this off-list, but it was the solution to the
problem, so i'm just posting it for the benefit of the archive)

i just did a test on my machine and this output seems consistent with
not having the "lo" (loopback) network device set up - this was
mentioned by frank in an earlier post. i've had the same problem with a
debian install before, so here are some verbose instructions on setting
it up.

first test to see if you have the loopback defice. if you have it, the
output of "ifconfig lo" will look like this:

root at oto:~$ ifconfig lo
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:7989 (7.8 KiB)  TX bytes:7989 (7.8 KiB)

note the "UP" on the 3rd line of output.

if you don't see this, then (on debian) add the following two lines to
/etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

the "auto lo" line means that next time you reboot, it will come up
automatically, but to quickly do this without rebooting, run "ifup lo". 

now running "pd" should present you with the tk interface we all
lo(v|ath)e ;)

pix.

On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 09:43:31PM +0200, olsen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Could be many things, you should provide more info.  Perhaps your  
> > DISPLAY env var isn't set up properly.
> 
> env gives my DISPLAY=:0.0
> 
>   Send a transcript of your  
> > console session also.
> console session on pd startup?:
> on ./pd 
> there is nothing more than signal 2 when ctrl.+c is hit
> 
> /home/olsen# pd -nogui
> couldn't open MIDI input device 0
> couldn't open MIDI output device 0
> opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s).
> and
> pd -noaudio
> the same as on ./pd ->blank
> 
> the alsa modules compiled fine and with xmms sounds ok
> thanks
> olsen
> 
> 
> > 
> > .hc
> > 
> > 
> > On May 14, 2004, at 6:15 PM, olsen wrote:
> > 
> > > buenas
> > > I've installed puredata via apt-get.
> > > starting pd - not one pixel of the familiar tcl gui is comin up, no  
> > > error message in the console just quiting with ctrl+c brings the Pd:  
> > > signal 2 message and nothing more available - space invasion?!
> > > Anyone dealt with that problem? I'm on debian-unstable.
> > > gr olsen
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