[PD] Turning on/off an installation

[mark edward grimm]

Thanks for this! Interesting thread. I kind of came to
the same conclusions via the method of trial and
error.  I'm currently compiling a tutorial on building
'curatorial friendly' boxes for art students...so this
discussion helps a lot...

Question: Is fluxbox necessary? X alone has been
working fine for me although troubleshooting can be a
pain...

Question #2: On PPC/linux how does one turn OFF
'hibernate/sleep'. Suggestions?

Thanks again!
mark

--- Derek Holzer <derek at umatic.nl> wrote:

> Hi Ben, Alexandre,
> 
> I think Alex is worried about his file system. The
> answer is simple:
> 
> 1) Mount all drives read-only in /etc/fstab
> 2) Put a startup script so that whenever the machine
> is booted, it 
> starts your patch (check PD archives for this, there
> was lots of 
> discussion. My solution is pasted below***)
> 3) Museum/gallery people can *never* be bothered to
> learn how to 
> start/stop things safely, so if you do the above
> they can hit the power 
> button/turn off the circuitbreaker/pull the plug/do
> whatever to it every 
> night and you shouldn't have any problems. I've run
> several 
> installations in this way before.
> 
> best,
> d.
> 
> *** I used .xinitrc to start everything:
> 
> #~/.xinitrc
> # make sure your system is set up so that X starts
> when the machine 
> boots, and it autologs you as this user!
> # first set LADSPA_PATH for [plugin~]
> # open alsamixer to set soundcard levels
> # make sure jackd isn't running already by killing
> it
> # start jackd [if PD uses it in your case]
> # start pd [optional: use -open
> /path/to/installation.patch.pd if it's 
> not in your ~/.pdrc or ~/.pdsettings]
> 
> export LADSPA_PATH=/usr/lib/ladspa
> fluxbox &
> xterm -exec alsamixer &
> killall jackd &
> jackd -d alsa r 44100 &
> pd
> 
> # end ~/.xinitrc
> 
> B. Bogart wrote:
> 
> > Are you worried about wearing out the HW?
> (mechanical parts?)
> 
> >> The whole idea behind this is to avoid to
> suddenly turn off
> >> the computer, which would probably corrupt the
> file system at some
> >> point. Of course I use GNU/Linux : probably
> Ubuntu Server or Debian.
> 
> 
> -- 
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