Yep, I've been getting similar delays in 10.3.9 with a modified version of Hans installer.
I just launched Pd from the command line inside the .app/Contents/MacOS/ folder. I'm not sure if I need to pass it some other flags, but I got a long stream of unending MIDI commentary that continues on through the normal operation of Pd:
goomba:/Applications/Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC2-SB.app/Contents/MacOS sburt$ ./Pd DebugAssert: Third Party Client: err== noErr [-536870163] [line 283, file Shared/USBDevice.cpp] device @ 0x1A100000 - can't get descriptor 2005-09-02 11:47:37.537 MIDIServer[591] receiving message (running:1 messageID:1 size:35) 2005-09-02 11:47:37.538 MIDIServer[591] MIDI in length:1 data:FE000000 source:9810035
and it just keeps repeating the last two messages over and over. I even tried switching the MIDI in to a different device. Are these statement just part of the normal running of Pd?
Also, the -nogui flag doesn't seem to work for me, either.
I haven't noticed any problems with my Pd installation running poorly with audio or MIDI. I'm not too concerned about it, but I hope sharing my information helps debug the problem.
Samuel Burt
Message: 6 Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:12:28 +0200 From: altern altern2@gmail.com Subject: [PD] delay on startup and startup flags under OSX To: pd-list pd-list@iem.at Message-ID: 431841AC.8050801@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed hi *first question: few months ago I was asking about a strange delay that i was getting when launching PD on OSX. When i run Pd it opens and it takes few secs to react or to open the clicked file. I wrote a small script to lauch pd and I realised that on the terminal of the laucn script i get this mesage exactly when Pd comes 'back to life' CoreMIDI: timeout waiting for MIDIServer to start So i guess it is waiting for some MIDI device on the system to start or respond. anyone knows how to fix this? i dont use midi at all *Second question: in the same script i am passing PD some startup flags such as -nogui but this doesnt have any effect. Does this work under OSX or am i doing something wrong. thanks! -- altern