[PD] Automating startup

[Pierre Massat]

Hi Rick,

You can start by reading this page in the FLOSS manual, especially the last
paragraphs.
Once you get how it works, it's no big deal start Pd from a command line
with all the settings you need.

Cheers,

Pierre.

2013/1/12 Rick Bragg <rbragg at gmnet.net>

> Hi,
>
> I would like to set up my system to set up my patch automatically with
> jack and all
> the right connections when the system boots. I am using Ubuntu studio at
> the
> moment.
>
> I currently have it set so that qjackctl starts when I log in, and I set
> qjackctl
> to automatically start up jack server when it opens, and then to open my
> pd file
> after it starts.
>
> I have a few problems to overcome.
>
> First, every time pd starts, I need to go into the "Media" menu and change
> from
> "Default MIDI" to "Alsa MIDI"  Why do I have to change this every time?
>  Shouldn't
> this setting be saved?
>
> Second problem:
> After pd opens, I always need to go back to qjackctl, open up the the
> "connections"
> and change the MIDI connections.  Can't I save this as a patchbay setting
> somehow?
> I tried that, but it doesn't work because the patchbay settings need to
> load AFTER
> pd starts  otherwise the pd connections are not available.
>
> Are there any good documentation somewhere that discusses automating all
> this kind
> of stuff?
>
> Thanks!
> Rick
>
>
>
>
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