Pd is still completely freezing my ubuntu Dapper machine. I have tried recompiling with Pd 0.40.2 and still absolute and instant freeze. So I tried the suggestion below. The debugger reports:

Starting program /usr/local/bin/pd
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1211066688 (LWP 6400)]

Then the machine is completely frozen again, so I have to pull the plug.

I also tried editing /etc/hosts as was suggested here:
http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2005-07/029853.html

and that didn't help either...

I have used this on many ubuntu Dapper machines so I don't know what's so special about this one. Could it be the 2 dual-core Pentium Xeons? Could it be the M-audio Delta 1010LT card?

When I run

$ pd -verbose

I get no response at all. Just the instantly frozen machine.

And I have tried the various flags (-nrt -nomidi -nosound) and others...

-John

Frank Barknecht wrote: 
Hallo,
John Harrison hat gesagt: // John Harrison wrote:

  
I have now tried

pd -nrt -nosound -nomidi

and it was the same thing: complete computer freeze with even mouse and 
keyboard not responding, requiring me to pull the plug.

I've tried both as root and not.
    

Can you try to start Pd under a debugger? That is: 
$ gdb /usr/bin/pd
(gdb) run

and if Pd crashes and your machine is still alive try to catch a
backtrace with:
(gdb) bt

Ciao