[PlanetCCRMA] No Qjackctl, jackd from CLI works fine

[Rui Nuno Capela]

Henrik Frisk wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>> obviously there's a difference between the way you start jackd through
>> qjackctl and from the command line: you set 2 as for the number of input
>> and output channels while on qjackctl setup--depending on your hardware
>> that can be, and i suspect it is, the real show-stopper. hint: fallback
>> to the "(default)" value, please.
>>
> Oh, but I tried that before I emailed the list. But then again, how
> could you know with the little info I gave (sorry).
> 
> It is true as you say that when I started jackd from the CLI I did not
> specifiy the number of I/O channels (it satill gives me two fully
> functional input and output ports), whereas in Qjackctl I did. It
> turns out if I set the output channels to 6 in Qjackctl it has no
> problems starting jack. It didn't use to be like this. Yesterday
> morning I could start up Qjackctl for the specifiec hardware with 1,
> 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 output channels. Now, my question was mainly related
> to whether someone else has seen this happen: after a Qjackctl crash
> (incidentally Qjackctl and Pd) it breaks in this way.
> 
> However, it may be (more) related alsa. Running alsamixer for the
> specified hardware reports 6 output playback channels and no capture
> cannels. So finding out what the "default" values for input/output
> should be is kind of difficult.
> 

you don't have to find anything :) just set the value down to 0 which 
gives you the "(default)" setting for input and output channels.

cheers
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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