[PlanetCCRMA] qjackctl/jackd acting differently?

[bernie arai]

On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 16:44, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 16:17 -0700, bernie arai wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 17:30, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:45 -0700, bernie@vcn.bc.ca wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > > when starting jack from qjackctl, i get:
> > > > 
> > > > 10:28:46.977 /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r48000 -p256 -n3 -S
> > > > 10:28:46.985 JACK was started with PID=5827 (0x16c3).
> > > > cannot write to jackstart sync pipe 4 (Bad file descriptor)
> > > > jackd: wait for startup process exit failed
> > > > jackd 0.99.36
> > > > Copyright 2001-2003 Paul Davis and others.
> > > > 
> > > > (etc. etc.)
> > > > 
> > > > it starts after that but no "RT" light in the qjackctl window. 
> > > 
> > > Hmmm, with the newer kernels you no longer need to use "jackstart" to
> > > start jack. Try replacing the command in qjackctl with just "jackd"
> > > instead. 
> >
> > thanks for answering.  funny, i did use the "jackd" option in qjackctl,
> > and in the command-line call, (/usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0 -r48000
> > -p1024 -S) but that "cannot write to jackstart" still only shows up when
> > using qjackctl (not CLI). 
> 
> That is strange. Look for a dot file that may be overriding things
> (something like .jack*). 

i found .jackdrc in my ~.  it contains: /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0
-r48000 -p1024 -n2 -S

7813 xruns, while the CPU meter stays under 1 or 2%. weird.

> 
> I just checked and the "RT" sign in the windows of qjackctl is not
> lighting up in my setup either (fc4) - bug? - but jack is definitely
> running realtime. 
> 
> -- Fernando