[ubuntu-studio-users] Firewire interface

[Mac]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Israel <israel at torios.org> wrote:

> On 04/28/2014 10:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> On 04/13/2014 11:45 AM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014, at 02:27 PM, Israel wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I did add myself to the audio group, though I will try the same
> command
> >>>> again (I think I used my actual username, instead of $USER)
> >>> $USER is an environment variable. It's more correct to use your
> username
> >>> directly, since using $USER only works if you are logged in as that
> >>> user, when running the command - with sudo (if logged in as root, root
> >>> will become a member of audio group).
> > If you want to add somebody to a group, use the  username , not $USER.
> > If you want a script to test, if somebody does run this script with user
> > or root privileges, use  id -u  , not $USER. I guess what output you get
> > for $USER depends to your setup or distros default setup, but a
> > username  always is a  username  and the output of  id -u  always gives
> > information about the privileges.
> >
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ echo $USER $(id -u)
> > rocketmouse 1000
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ su
> > Password:
> > [root at archlinux rocketmouse]# echo $USER $(id -u)
> > rocketmouse 0
> > [root at archlinux rocketmouse]# exit
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo -i
> > [sudo] password for rocketmouse:
> > [root at archlinux ~]# echo $USER $(id -u)
> > root 0
> > [root at archlinux ~]# logout
> > [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$
> >
> >
> Hi,
> I did use my actual username, thank you!  I did that first, and then got
> the other e-mail.
> It seems my issue is actually something with qjackctl, as I have found
> that I can get a working setup using jackd from the command line, and
> then use qjackctl to set stuff up...
> I had become accustomed to qjackctl 'just working' as a frontend for
> jackd, so I figured there was an issue with something in the drivers,
> etc...
> I will definitely post my solution when everything is resolved.
>
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FWIW I installed UBS 14.04 over the weekend.

I use qjackctl with multiple Audiofire12 units and extensive start up
scripts to wire eq's, crossovers, and mixers.

It just worked out of the box. THis rev I didn't even have to go find all
the calf and zita plugins. :)

Regards,
Mac
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