The latest Ubuntu is trying to use the PulseAudio system instead of just ALSA, which was working perfectly fine in my opinion.  I had all sorts of problems with PulseAudio, along with many other audio users.  I followed the following post to purge PulseAudio from my system, so I could use ALSA like previous versions (and again it works well):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1182239

If you have problems with audio or midi, sign up on the Ubuntu forums and let them know.  I'm sure you'll get some decent guidance.

Rich

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Gabriel Vinazza <gabevinardi@gmail.com> wrote:
ooh thanks! i'll try that in this days and tell you the results!



On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:34 PM, E<i.am@datux.eu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Tried to launch pd as root ?
>
> Or
> $sudo chmod 755 /dev/####
> (replace #### by the hid device you want to use)
>
> The hid problem is probably that as user you don't have the right to read
> the hid pseudofile.
>
> bye
>
> Le 07-août-09 à 20:55, Gabriel Vinazza a écrit :
>
>> i'm on linux recently, with a REALLY OLDER hardware than you..
>>
>> tried fluxbuntu (careful, the repositories were migrated.. see ubuntu
>> gutsy), works very well..
>>
>> and now i'm with the last ubuntu 9.04 and i'm very suprised to see
>> that it works fine on my old thinkpad a22p!!!
>>
>>
>> THE BAD SIDE:
>>
>> * the audio input does not work (on windows it was fine)
>> * can't figure it out to make work hids and midi inputs :( yeah, it hurts
>> * had to use the previous kernel, the last one killed my wireless
>> connection
>>
>>
>> puppy looks good..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Rich E<reakinator@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think the biggest difference in linux, with a machine of your speed,
>>> will
>>> be how good your soundcard / videocard is.  Also, if you are new to
>>> linux,
>>> it will save you a load of grief by starting with one of the more popular
>>> multimedia distributions like Ubuntu, 64studio, or Fedora, as there is
>>> support to get you through the problems you will run into.
>>>
>>> I think any Linux OS / windowing environment will be faster that windows,
>>> provided it is configured properly and all your hardware is supported.
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:32 AM, donotreply
>>> <donotreplytothissendermailbox@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am thinking in migrating to linux and considering small versions of it
>>>> in order to boost speed, like>
>>>>
>>>> -damm small linux
>>>> -puppy linux
>>>> -fluxbuntu
>>>>
>>>> I'am not a deep tech guy (not referring to music style, which I like),
>>>> so
>>>> the questions are>
>>>>
>>>> 1-have anyone try these small OS before? if so... does it improve
>>>> puredata
>>>> performance?
>>>> 2-are there any known bugs for puredata in these linux?
>>>> 3-any of these three versions recomended?
>>>> 4-any linux version recomended (besides these, if these are not
>>>> recomended)?
>>>>
>>>> my hardware is not really slow (hp pavilion dv1680 core duo 1.83 ghz 1
>>>> Gb
>>>> ram) so I thought using Ubuntu Studio (real time kernell sounds good,
>>>> although it is chinese for me) but some comments on the web says it does
>>>> not
>>>> make a great speed difference migrating from xp and I would really like
>>>> my
>>>> machine to fly at the highest speed posible.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Fernando
>>>>
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