[PlanetCCRMA] JACK not starting

Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Sun Mar 7 14:44:01 2004


> I assume this is corruption from my last problem . . . but if someone
> can point me closer to fixing it - possibly what to reinstall as force
> reinstalling JACK itself didn't work.
> 
> When trying to start JACK either by qjackctl or directly it dies with
> the following assertion:
> 
> jackstart: pcm.c:687: snd_pcm_noblock: Assertion 'pcm' failed.

Probably the alsa devices are missing. 
Do:
  cd /dev
  ./MAKEDEV alsa
That should recreate them...
-- Fernando