Catch-22 with Audacity and Jack

[Karl Larsen]

Lou Katz wrote:
> I had Audacity working just fine in my system:
>         Linux puce 2.6.22-15-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Wed Aug 20 20:39:06 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
> until I installed something that wanted Jack. Then I got the dreaded:
>         "Error while opening sound device. Please check the output device settings and the project sample rate."
> message. Mind you Audacity was working up to this point, but the update messeger said that I had to update
> jackd (despite the fact that I had completely (I thought) uninstalled it together with any config files and
> didn't want it). As soon as I did the update, Audacity stopped working with the above dreaded message.
> I cannot find any running programs (I did nothing at all after installing the update - just tried to run Audacity
> again)
> that might interfere.
>     
> Using synaptic, I then marked jackd for complete removal. It does it. I immediately start Audacity. It now works,
> but THE $#!%%#@! Update manager is back with the cute little orange icon telling me that jackd needs to
> be updated!  WHY? I have deinstalled it. It is supposed to be gone, vanished, non-alive (like the parrot).
> Why do I have to update a non-installed program? How do I turn off the notification without losing the
> other update notifications?
>     
> Round and round and round ....
>
>
>   
    Well I noticed my audio is dying. It was working fine up to last 
week. I checked and jack is installed on my computer as well. My 
problems are that the VLC Player is broken. It stopped working with 
audio and then stopped closing properly. I think the two are related. 
And pps shows with audio do not have them now.

    I do not remember getting jack but it appears I will delete it too. 
Thanks for the fix and your experience. I have always been worried by 
Pulse Audio. It is working better but...


Karl
 

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