[Slackbuilds-users] Jack-rack make failure

[x80]

On 03/14/2018 03:08 PM, B Watson wrote:
> On 3/14/18, x80 <x80 at telus.net> wrote:
>
>> Jack2 is the optional dependency for qjackctl. Maybe I'll remove jack2
>> and reinstall jack1.
> In theory, at least, you should be able to install jack1, compile stuff
> against it, then replace jack1 with jack2 without recompiling anything
> else. It's supposed to be an API-compatible drop-in replacement. Not
> sure how well this works in practice though.
>
>> I see alsa is routed to pulseaudio in /etc/asound.conf. That scares me.
>> I was content with only alsa.
> If you configure jackd to use the hardware (device names beginning with
> hw:), it won't get routed to pulse. However jackd will refuse to start
> if pulse is already using the device...
>
> My solution to the pulseaudio thing is to log in as root and:
>
> mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf.orig
> chmod -x /usr/bin/pulseaudio
> killall pulseaudio
Heh, I had to take a breath at chmod -x, it almost came out rm -f when I 
did it. Systemd, D-bus, and pulseaudio keep my pharmacist providing me 
with blood pressure meds.
>
> ...and kill/restart any already-running applications that might be
> using pulse (which would include KDE, if you run that). This will get
> you 14.1-like behaviour. However I'm not sure whether the latest firefox
> versions will be able to make sound without pulseaudio (I'm running an
> old 'insecure' version, with javascript disabled on 99.9% of the web,
> and no flash plugin installed, and it works fine).
>
> Anyway you can restore the default 14.2 behaviour:
>
> mv /etc/asound.conf.orig /etc/asound.conf
> chmod a+x /usr/bin/pulseaudio
>
> ...I highly recommend *not* running anything else when you're using jack,
> anyway. Even better would be to use a dedicated machine for jack stuff
> and nothing else (where you can leave pulse disabled always).
>
> I've considered adding this info to the jack-audio-connection-kit README,
> but I suspect I'd encounter resistance from the "use a clean Slackware
> install" crowd...
This machine is stand alone. Not even any network, just a printer, 
scanner, burner, and turtle beach sound card. I thought it would be a 
fitting retirement for a 13 year old Tyan board.

I'll run a network cable and try the install script for studioware. Once 
I figure out what software I want to use, then I'll retry the SBo scripts.

Thanks for tips anyway.

Phil