<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I am having troubles with my Ubuntu Studio 8.10: <ul> <li>It came with Ardour ver. 2.5, aside from sound input problems (which I shall try to briefly address below), that version gave (& now again, gives) me problems. I believe I need to uninstall the earlier version to reinstall 2.7.1, is this correct... & if so, I do not have the source folder to do a 'make uninstall' command, & the synaptic package manager wants to take out 'ubuntustudio sound' if I go this route. Is Ardour 2.7.1 even compatible with Studio 8.10, & if it is, I am wondering why was it not included in this system upgrade, including the latest version of jack & qjackctl?   What to do?</li> </ul> <ul> <li>There was, a while back, some discussion regarding Pulse audio (& possibly OSS), I do not wish to reignite that discussion (I think I do not wish to use them), but I do think some one mentioned taking Pulse Audio out (possible conflict w/ Alsa???). Is there some way to do this (or even determine if this might have some conflict with my sound card/alsa setup (including OSS?)? My sound card is MiaMidi (Echo Corp., manufactured).</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The sound preferences control panel also has a very confusing array of options...  which I may need to get back on, that is if the possible solutions mentioned to the above are not resolving my no sound input problem... (by the way, the sound input I am trying to connect  from (I say from, because I get sound out, just fine) is a s/pdif from my Yamaha 01v digital mixer. & I do get internal sound to run some radio/sound players, the echomixer does seem to control the digital output of the Yamaha 01v, but no sound to the above mentioned programs (& also, not exclusive to Ardour) etc., but cd players are another matter, or should I say, puzzle for me at the moment; first things first). </li> </ul> Please feel free to ask for any clarifications (I have been trying my best since my foray to Ubuntu, going on a year now to resolve with out adding to the oft heard battle cry: "I can't get no sound), etc. Any help would be, as usual, most appreciated. Henry </body> </html>