[PD] [os] small linux versions issues?

Gabriel Vinazza gabevinardi at gmail.com
Sat Aug 8 00:02:00 CEST 2009


great! i'll check that...

however, i tried before to switch to ALSA, JACK, etc on the puredata
audio configuration with no results.. maybe it's a deeper issue, sort
of a conflict, i'll follow your instructions and see what happens.
thanks!


On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Rich E<reakinator at gmail.com> wrote:
> The latest Ubuntu is trying to use the PulseAudio system instead of just
> ALSA, which was working perfectly fine in my opinion.  I had all sorts of
> problems with PulseAudio, along with many other audio users.  I followed the
> following post to purge PulseAudio from my system, so I could use ALSA like
> previous versions (and again it works well):
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1182239
>
> If you have problems with audio or midi, sign up on the Ubuntu forums and
> let them know.  I'm sure you'll get some decent guidance.
>
> Rich
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Gabriel Vinazza <gabevinardi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> ooh thanks! i'll try that in this days and tell you the results!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:34 PM, E<i.am at datux.eu.org> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Tried to launch pd as root ?
>> >
>> > Or
>> > $sudo chmod 755 /dev/####
>> > (replace #### by the hid device you want to use)
>> >
>> > The hid problem is probably that as user you don't have the right to
>> > read
>> > the hid pseudofile.
>> >
>> > bye
>> >
>> > Le 07-août-09 à 20:55, Gabriel Vinazza a écrit :
>> >
>> >> i'm on linux recently, with a REALLY OLDER hardware than you..
>> >>
>> >> tried fluxbuntu (careful, the repositories were migrated.. see ubuntu
>> >> gutsy), works very well..
>> >>
>> >> and now i'm with the last ubuntu 9.04 and i'm very suprised to see
>> >> that it works fine on my old thinkpad a22p!!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> THE BAD SIDE:
>> >>
>> >> * the audio input does not work (on windows it was fine)
>> >> * can't figure it out to make work hids and midi inputs :( yeah, it
>> >> hurts
>> >> * had to use the previous kernel, the last one killed my wireless
>> >> connection
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> puppy looks good..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Rich E<reakinator at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I think the biggest difference in linux, with a machine of your speed,
>> >>> will
>> >>> be how good your soundcard / videocard is.  Also, if you are new to
>> >>> linux,
>> >>> it will save you a load of grief by starting with one of the more
>> >>> popular
>> >>> multimedia distributions like Ubuntu, 64studio, or Fedora, as there is
>> >>> support to get you through the problems you will run into.
>> >>>
>> >>> I think any Linux OS / windowing environment will be faster that
>> >>> windows,
>> >>> provided it is configured properly and all your hardware is supported.
>> >>>
>> >>> rich
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:32 AM, donotreply
>> >>> <donotreplytothissendermailbox at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I am thinking in migrating to linux and considering small versions of
>> >>>> it
>> >>>> in order to boost speed, like>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -damm small linux
>> >>>> -puppy linux
>> >>>> -fluxbuntu
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I'am not a deep tech guy (not referring to music style, which I
>> >>>> like),
>> >>>> so
>> >>>> the questions are>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 1-have anyone try these small OS before? if so... does it improve
>> >>>> puredata
>> >>>> performance?
>> >>>> 2-are there any known bugs for puredata in these linux?
>> >>>> 3-any of these three versions recomended?
>> >>>> 4-any linux version recomended (besides these, if these are not
>> >>>> recomended)?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> my hardware is not really slow (hp pavilion dv1680 core duo 1.83 ghz
>> >>>> 1
>> >>>> Gb
>> >>>> ram) so I thought using Ubuntu Studio (real time kernell sounds good,
>> >>>> although it is chinese for me) but some comments on the web says it
>> >>>> does
>> >>>> not
>> >>>> make a great speed difference migrating from xp and I would really
>> >>>> like
>> >>>> my
>> >>>> machine to fly at the highest speed posible.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Fernando
>> >>>>
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