Strangely, killall is ineffective in killing pd:

david@ubuntu:~$ killall -v -9 pd
Killed pd(7612) with signal 9

david@ubuntu:~$ ps -e | grep pd
  132 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  133 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
...
 7612 pts/0    00:00:00 pd <defunct>
 7613 pts/0    00:00:00 pd-gui <defunct>

And pd still won't start properly.

So... I've found a (sort of) workaround: unplug my usb-midi device.  Then pd will again start normally.  (Although that last command still results in the same output.)  However this isn't a good long-term solution: now I can't use my midi device.  At all.  "amidi -l" doesn't list it any more.

Could it be a conflict between pd and hotplug, perhaps?  In any case, it would be nice to get to the bottom of this....

Thanks again,

David

On 3/11/06, Frank Barknecht <fbar@footils.org> wrote:
Hallo,
david golightly hat gesagt: // david golightly wrote:

> and the Pd window will open, but the Windows and Media menus are not
> populated, & I can't open any files.  pstree reveals 2 running pd & pd-gui
> processes.  sudo killall pd; sudo killall pd-gui isn't effective in killing
> them.
>
> What's going on here?  Why is pd not quitting completely?  Additionally,
> sometimes pd will cause the jack server to stop unexpectedly.

Hard to say what's wrong here, but instead of rebooting, did you try
the bloodier way of murdering poor Pd with: "killall -9 pd"?

Ciao
--
Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__

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