[PD] pd 0.44 installation problem

[Ricardo Cedeño]

HI Miller,

I installed from source; i couldn't find PD packages in OpenSuSE (http://software.opensuse.org) nor in packman repositories.

Cheers

Ricardo Cedeño Montaña
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Cultural History and Theory


> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:46:58 -0700
> From: msp at ucsd.edu
> To: drnn_1076 at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [PD] pd 0.44 installation problem
> 
> Thanks... did you install from source or did you find a SUSE package
> somewhere?  I think it would be good to try to fix this :)
> 
> M
> 
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 08:33:39PM +0000, Ricardo Cedeño wrote:
> > Miller,
> > 
> > I uninstalled PD and reinstalled it, then I changed the file as you requested.
> > 
> > I got:
> > 
> > @linux-9xum:~> pd
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
> > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
> > Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
> > Cannot connect to server socket
> > jack server is not running or cannot be started
> > disabling real-time priority due to missing pd-watchdog (/usr/local/bin/pd-watchdog)
> > Error in startup script: couldn't read file "/usr/local/tcl/pd_connect.tcl": no such file or directory
> >     while executing
> > "source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pd_connect.tcl]"
> >     (file "/usr/local/tcl//pd-gui.tcl" line 26)
> > 
> > Then I copied the entire folder
> > /pd-0.44-0/tcl/  
> > to 
> > /usr/local/
> > 
> > And Ps started as usual. To open the browser I had to copy pd-0.44-0/doc/, too
> > 
> > Now I'm installing GEM I hope it goes smoothly.
> > 
> > Thank you very much
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > 
> > Ricardo Cedeño Montaña
> > Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
> > Institute of Cultural History and Theory
> > 
> > 
> > > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:55:22 -0700
> > > From: msp at ucsd.edu
> > > To: drnn_1076 at hotmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: [PD] pd 0.44 installation problem
> > > 
> > > Hmmm.. I just realized that's the first pd-supplied package - so it's
> > > likely some problem about Pd's knowinbg what path to look for the package.
> > > That normally should be handled in the file, pkgIndex.tcl
> > > 
> > > I don't know why it's thought necessary to use the "package require" nonsense
> > > in the first place (I didn't write any of this)
> > > 
> > > I just tried replacing all the package require nonsense in pd_gui.tcl as 
> > > follows:
> > > 
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pd_connect.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pd_menus.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pd_bindings.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pdwindow.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_array.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_audio.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_canvas.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_data.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_font.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_gatom.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_iemgui.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_message.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_midi.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_path.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] dialog_startup.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] helpbrowser.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pd_menucommands.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] opt_parser.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pdtk_canvas.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pdtk_text.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pdtk_textwindow.tcl]
> > > # TODO eliminate this kludge:
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] wheredoesthisgo.tcl]
> > > source [file join [file dirname [info script]] pd_guiprefs.tcl]
> > > 
> > > and things started up fine... would you give that a try on your end and
> > > see if that helps?
> > > 
> > > thanks
> > > M
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 07:36:42PM +0000, Ricardo Cedeño wrote:
> > > > HI Miller,
> > > > 
> > > > yes, I do.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Ricardo Cedeño Montaña
> > > > Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
> > > > Institute of Cultural History and Theory
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:04:04 -0700
> > > > > From: msp at ucsd.edu
> > > > > To: drnn_1076 at hotmail.com
> > > > > CC: pd-list at iem.at
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PD] pd 0.44 installation problem
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi Ricardo -
> > > > > 
> > > > > I never heard of that problem before... do you have a file
> > > > > .../pd-xxxx/tcl/pd_connect.tcl ?  That's what appears to be missing judging
> > > > > from the messages you're getting.
> > > > > 
> > > > > cheers
> > > > > Miller
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 06:50:13PM +0000, Ricardo Cedeño wrote:
> > > > > > HI,
> > > > > > I've just tried to install pd vanilla 0.44 and everything went OK I got no error messages. But when I try to run PD I got:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > without Jack
> > > > > > @linux-9xum:~> pd
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:961:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
> > > > > > Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
> > > > > > Cannot connect to server socket
> > > > > > jack server is not running or cannot be started
> > > > > > disabling real-time priority due to missing pd-watchdog (/usr/local/bin/pd-watchdog)
> > > > > > Error in startup script: can't find package pd_connect
> > > > > >     while executing
> > > > > > "package require pd_connect"
> > > > > >     (file "/usr/local/tcl//pd-gui.tcl" line 26)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > or with Jack running
> > > > > > inux-9xum:~> pd
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:617:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2223:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:961:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
> > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> > > > > > Cannot lock down 86577696 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)
> > > > > > disabling real-time priority due to missing pd-watchdog (/usr/local/bin/pd-watchdog)
> > > > > > Error in startup script: can't find package pd_connect
> > > > > >     while executing
> > > > > > "package require pd_connect"
> > > > > >     (file "/usr/local/tcl//pd-gui.tcl" line 26)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm on Opensuse 12.3
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Linux linux-9xum.site 3.7.10-1.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 28 15:06:29 UTC 2013 (82d3f21) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ricardo Cedeño Montaña
> > > > > > Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
> > > > > > Institute of Cultural History and Theory
> > > > > >  		 	   		  
> > > > > 
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