[PD] Pd freezing on startup in ubuntu dapper

[Miller Puckette]

OK.... next try:  pd -nosound -nomidi

I bet it's MIDI that's hanging you - it's much shakier on all computer
platfirms than is audio.

cheers
Miller

On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 06:41:50PM -0500, John Harrison wrote:
> 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
> 
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