Re: Jack2 Issue

another issue. This is more for your information, I think jack2 is not to be blamed at all but some ppl may experience some weird stuff, as described below.

I upgraded xorg to version 7.4 in order to catch up on more recent updates (KDE 4.2, etc). I also upgraded the intel video driver to version 2.7.99 for my intel IGP.
Well, looks all nice but jack2 does not like it very much and produces clicks and pops (not logged as xruns though).

Things that changed compared to my previous setup

1- xorg 7.4 requires hal to work. I always had hal disabled, had no need of it. But now, I must have it otherwise, no mouse, no keyboard running at X startup.

2- with the normal video driver setup (2D accel, and DRI stuff), I get kernel bugs. I don't have a trace to provide now but it looks quite ugly. Disabling 2D acc and DRI stops the kernel bugs but jack2 still craps out some clicks and pops.

Remedy:
I am using jack1 as a fallback and things seem stable again. But this xorg development really sucks.

Another annoyance: even if you disable the KDE sound server (using gstreamer and PA in 4.2), you have knotify4 running and busying the sound device. You either have to kill the bugger or disable it in system settings.

I believe, I will have to trim all this "shiny" new stuff to the bare minimum and use openbox or fluxbox again. The desktop and windows managers tend to be more and more invasive these days ...

Sorry if I sound a little pissed-off.

J.

--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Stéphane Letz <letz@...> wrote:


     
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