[PD] Pd freezing on startup in ubuntu dapper

[John Harrison]

This is the standard Pd in the repos of ubuntu Dapper:
Pd version 0.39-2
compiled 20:40:11 Apr  1 2006

I've used Pd on various machines running Dapper and have never had any 
problems. Now, on this specific machine, as soon as I start pd, the 
entire machine, mouse keyboard and all, completely freezes. The only 
thing I can do is pull the plug of the machine and restart.

The machine has a very standard install of kubuntu with Gnome installed 
as well. However, this behavior happens even when no window managers and 
sound daemons are running and before any user programs are run. Moreover 
it happens even with these flags:

pd -help
pd -nodac -noadc

Basically, it comes down to this: if I want the computer to freeze 
completely regardless of what is running or not, it takes 2 letters on 
the command line: pd

For your enjoyment, here's a printout of lspci:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7520 Memory Controller Hub 
(rev 08)
0000:00:00.1 ff00: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520 Error Reporting 
Registers (rev 08)
0000:00:01.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation E7520 DMA Controller 
(rev 08)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express 
Port A (rev 08)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) 
USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) 
USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) 
USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) 
USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) 
USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC 
Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA 
Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus 
Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI 
Bridge A (rev 08)
0000:01:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI 
Bridge B (rev 08)
0000:02:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 
PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 08)
0000:02:05.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 
PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 08)
0000:03:01.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 
PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS
0000:04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit 
Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
0000:04:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 
[Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
0000:04:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL 
(rev 27)

-John