Rosegarden

[Laurent Asorne]

On Wednesday 12 September 2007 22:14:13 Greg Booth wrote:
> On 9/12/07, Laurent Asorne <laurent.asorne at gmx.lu> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 September 2007 21:55:14 Greg Booth wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 05 September 2007 02:05:11 D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday 04 September 2007, Laurent Asorne wrote:
> > > > > > I dowloaded the ubuntu studio DVD-image and installed it onto the
> > > > > > second HDD (sata, the first HDD is an IDE, where i have installed
> > > > > > Kubuntu).
> > > > >
> > > > > Incidentally...  Since this is the Kubuntu list, I assume you'd
> > > > > rather not have to use GNOME for anything.  If you install
> > > > > "kubuntu-desktop" on top of Ubuntu Studio, you miss out on all the
> > > > > look and feel stuff they intend, but you get to run a normal,
> > > > > sensible desktop environment without all that ghastly gnomish crap
> > > > > everywhere.
> > > > >
> > > > > That's what I'm running myself.  It started life as the Ubuntu
> > > > > Studio DVD, and kubuntu-desktop on top of it made it downright
> > > > > usable.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Ubuntu Studio, I get Rosegarden started without any problem, but
> > > > > > it won't make a sound.... XMMS works okay, so it's not the sound
> > > > > > card.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now you get to explore the complicated stuff.  Run QJackCtl, get
> > > > > JACK working, then run QSynth, and configure it to play via JACK.
> > > > >
> > > > > My book is old, but that part should still be enough to give you a
> > > > > more detailed explanation of what I just said:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/en/chapter-2.html#2
> > > > >
> > > > > (If it still seems complicated, that's because it is.  "How do I
> > > > > get sound working" is my albatross.)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for all that, but it still won't do any sound...
> > > >
> > > > lsmod | grep snd showed me:
> > > > # lsmod | grep snd
> > > > snd_rtctimer            4384  0
> > > > snd_emu10k1_synth       8192  4
> > > > snd_emux_synth         35968  10 snd_emu10k1_synth
> > > > snd_seq_virmidi         8576  1 snd_emux_synth
> > > > snd_seq_midi_emul       7680  1 snd_emux_synth
> > > > snd_emu10k1           121248  12 snd_emu10k1_synth
> > > > snd_ac97_codec         98464  1 snd_emu10k1
> > > > ac97_bus                3200  1 snd_ac97_codec
> > > > snd_pcm_oss            45056  0
> > > > snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
> > > > snd_pcm                80260  5
> > > > snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc         10888 
> > > > 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
> > > > snd_util_mem            5760  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
> > > > snd_hwdep              10500  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
> > > > snd_seq_dummy           4740  0
> > > > snd_seq_oss            33408  0
> > > > snd_seq_midi            9600  2
> > > > snd_rawmidi            25856  3
> > > > snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event      8448
> > > >  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq               
> > > > 53232  29
> > > > snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_se
> > > >q_os s,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer              24196  4
> > > > snd_rtctimer,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device          9100
> > > >  8
> > > > snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_os
> > > >s,sn d_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd                    54788  26
> > > > snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> > > >,snd
> > > > _mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_time
> > > >r,snd _seq_device soundcore               9440  1 snd
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > THis picture shows the sound card I have installed. perhaps you could
> > > > find something in there which could be of importance. I looked at
> > > > your tutorial and found that e.g. the audio device is different.
> > > > Could that be the source of the problem, because my audio device is
> > > > no EMU10k1 ?
> > > >
> > > > Laurent Asorne
> > >
> > > snd_pcm                80260  5 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> > >
> > > Do you have your on board sound system enabled on top of a 3rd party
> > > sound card ?
> > >
> > > That'll drive Kubuntu NUTS, I had it happen to me.
> > >
> > > Greg
> >
> > I don't have any onboard sound system...
> >
> > Laurent Asorne
>
> Then I may have a misconception. I thought ac97 codec was normally
> used by the generic onboard sound systems. Anyone know if that's
> correct or not ? Have you checked the bios for any configuration
> options of an onboard audio device ?
>
> Greg

There is, as far as i can see, no option for onboard sound systems in my 
bios... I'll check it out though!

Laurent Asorne

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