[PD] linux bug - PD doesn't load properly on repeated starts

[david golightly]

Strangely, killall is ineffective in killing pd:

david at ubuntu:~$ killall -v -9 pd
Killed pd(7612) with signal 9

david at ubuntu:~$ ps -e | grep pd
  132 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  133 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
...
 7612 pts/0    00:00:00 pd <defunct>
 7613 pts/0    00:00:00 pd-gui <defunct>

And pd still won't start properly.

So... I've found a (sort of) workaround: unplug my usb-midi device.  Then pd
will again start normally.  (Although that last command still results in the
same output.)  However this isn't a good long-term solution: now I can't use
my midi device.  At all.  "amidi -l" doesn't list it any more.

Could it be a conflict between pd and hotplug, perhaps?  In any case, it
would be nice to get to the bottom of this....

Thanks again,

David

On 3/11/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:
>
> Hallo,
> david golightly hat gesagt: // david golightly wrote:
>
> > and the Pd window will open, but the Windows and Media menus are not
> > populated, & I can't open any files.  pstree reveals 2 running pd &
> pd-gui
> > processes.  sudo killall pd; sudo killall pd-gui isn't effective in
> killing
> > them.
> >
> > What's going on here?  Why is pd not quitting completely?  Additionally,
> > sometimes pd will cause the jack server to stop unexpectedly.
>
> Hard to say what's wrong here, but instead of rebooting, did you try
> the bloodier way of murdering poor Pd with: "killall -9 pd"?
>
> Ciao
> --
> Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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