[PD] Bugs in Pd-Extended in Ubuntu LTS

Jack jack at rybn.org
Wed Mar 5 21:28:55 CET 2014


Did you try with Ubuntu 13.04 ?
With this version, I don't get crash when i create an object or when the
object doesn't exist. I have to admit, i get crash in very rare cases,
so it is not totally fixed yet (but it is better when i was with Ubuntu
12.04).
++

Jack



Le 05/03/2014 21:03, Pierre Massat a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick follow up on this topic. I have just compiled Miller's
> latest version (0.45-4), and the bug that's crashing X is still there.
> This time I managed to reproduce it somehow by creating an empty
> object to make a subpatch and typing "pd m" (and bang it crashed).
> Same behaviour with the same patch in pd-extended 0.43.4.
> It's super annoying...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pierre.
>
>
> 2014-02-25 23:16 GMT+01:00 Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu <mailto:ico at vt.edu>>:
>
>     Once pd-extended removes unnecessary dependency on pd-utils you
>     will. Until then you will need to uninstall one and install the other.
>
>     On Feb 25, 2014 4:54 PM, "Pierre Massat" <pimassat at gmail.com
>     <mailto:pimassat at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>         Katja, I will try to check if this is a problem with pulse
>         audio. I also have a jackdbus running even when applications
>         supposed to use it are closed (Ardour and Pd in my case).
>
>         Can I install pd-l2ork alongside pd-extended, or do I have to
>         uninstall it first ?
>
>         Pierre.
>
>
>         2014-02-25 22:22 GMT+01:00 Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu
>         <mailto:ico at vt.edu>>:
>
>             Guys, Can you check if pd-l2ork works OK and please
>             report? We provide native Ubuntu builds (built for 12.04).
>
>             On Feb 25, 2014 4:20 PM, "katja" <katjavetter at gmail.com
>             <mailto:katjavetter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi Pierre,
>
>                 I'm on Xubuntu 12.04 with Pd-extended 0.44 and have
>                 experienced big
>                 troubles with Jack too. I only use Jack for complex
>                 routings like
>                 Skype to Pd or Kdenlive to Pd via PulseAudio+Jack. I
>                 got a lot of
>                 jackdbus-errors initially, and jack wouldn't restart.
>                 Don't know if
>                 it's the same issue which you're experiencing. Anyway,
>                 it seems that
>                 this was about jackd2 writing config files to
>                 different places, which
>                 can be out of sync under certain conditions. Not sure
>                 if this is a
>                 correct description but it is my interpretation.
>                 Looking at running
>                 processes in command htop, I always noticed a jackdbus
>                 processing
>                 still running when the dbus error was given. Killing
>                 the jackdbus
>                 process sometimes helped. But in the course of time
>                 I've somehow
>                 learned how to avoid it at all, by carefully
>                 considering the right
>                 order of operations when starting processes. I have
>                 PulseAudio
>                 disabled by default, so I can start Jack first, then
>                 the Jack clients,
>                 of which PulseAudio may be one. Then eventually the
>                 PulseAudio
>                 clients. When killing processes, everything in reverse
>                 order. I don't
>                 like this hocus pocus, but well, I'm happy if it works
>                 at all. On
>                 Kubuntu I couldn't get PulseAudio to cooperate with Jack.
>
>                 Katja
>
>                 On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Pierre Massat
>                 <pimassat at gmail.com <mailto:pimassat at gmail.com>> wrote:
>                 > I just checked again and to to sum up I have three
>                 problems :
>                 > - errors with JACK (and instability),
>                 > - X crashes sometimes when typing stuff in an object
>                 box,
>                 > - and Alsa throwing this error in the console :
>                 "ALSA output error (restart
>                 > failed): Broken pipe" (though the sound does work).
>                 >
>                 > Pierre.
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > 2014-02-25 21:23 GMT+01:00 Cyrille Henry
>                 <ch at chnry.net <mailto:ch at chnry.net>>:
>                 >
>                 >>
>                 >>
>                 >> Le 25/02/2014 21:03, Roman Haefeli a écrit :
>                 >>
>                 >>> On Die, 2014-02-25 at 19:50 +0100, Pierre Massat
>                 wrote:
>                 >>>
>                 >>>
>                 >>>> I have installed Pd-extended from the Ubuntu
>                 repos. It seems to be the
>                 >>>> same version as the one available on
>                 puredata.info <http://puredata.info> (0.43.4).
>                 >>>
>                 >>>
>                 >>> I am pretty sure there is no package called
>                 'pd-extended' in the Ubuntu
>                 >>> repositories. Probably you got it from Hans' ppa
>                 or from
>                 >>> apt.puredata.info <http://apt.puredata.info>?
>                 >>>
>                 >>> Also, is your Ubuntu 12.04 up-to-date? Your bug
>                 description sounds like
>                 >>> an intel driver bug in 13.04 or 13.10 that has
>                 been discussed a lot on
>                 >>> this list. I thought this bug has been fixed for
>                 quite a while.
>                 >>
>                 >> i still have some problem. (i'm on 13.10). X can
>                 crash specially if i have
>                 >> object that are not created on the patch.
>                 >> c
>                 >>
>                 >>
>                 >>
>                 >>>
>                 >>>
>                 >>> Roman
>                 >>>
>                 >>>
>                 >>>
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