On 2017-10-11 07:44, Ingo wrote:
I'm on Debian9.1 (Pd-0.47.1) and I would love to find the location where Pd stores its preferences "path" and "startup". I have been searching all over but couldn't find anything ...
in ~/.pdsettings (maybe you missed the announcment, it was in 2004)
BTW, Why do I always get this error in the Pdwindow on startup:
/usr/lib/puredata/extra/"whateverlib": can't load library
the quotes look very suspicious.
even though the library is loaded and working fine. Not on every library but most of them.
it would be interesting to know more about those libraries that are affected. "not every, but most" is *very* vague to make any proper assassment. it would also be helpful if you posted the full history of loading such a library (that is: turn on "-verbose", raise the log-level to "ALL" and restart. post *all* lines referring to your "whateverlib")
in any case: Debian's pd searches "/usr/lib/puredata/extra/" as a last fallback for externals (after having tried the standard "/usr/lib/pd/extra/"). (this comes from the golden days when a "proper" Pd-extended Debian package was planned to be coinstallable with Pd. PdX died before such a package ever existed.)
i suspect there might be a problem with some 3rd-party "loader" and the new way Pd>=0.47 loads libraries (searching each path for all extensions, rather than searching each extension in all paths). but this is impossible to tell without more information from your side.
I have added them in the Pd window under preferences path and added each individual path to startup. They show up correctly in the preferences path and startup and - as mentioned - are working.
since i've really no clue what you are talking about, please post a screenshot of what you think is "correct".
fgmar IOhannes