hi IOhannes, thanks for your hints,
does pd log errors somewhere, does anybody know what might
yes to the stderr...
ok. but i don't know how to access stderr (i'm kind of linux newbie)
might be a problem with your soundcard; try updating to pd-0.38 (the debian package in both sarge and sid is called puredata) ; tell us which soundcard you have and which drivers you are using (oss, alsa, jack)
i tried pd -noadc -verbose
Pd version 0.37.0 compiled 18:53:38 Sep 17 2003 port 5400 Waiting for connection request... TCL_LIBRARY="/usr/lib/pd/tcl/library" TK_LIBRARY="/usr/lib/pd/tk/library" "/usr/lib/pd/bin/pd- gui" 5400 ... connected device 1: tried /dev/midi READ/WRITE; returned -1 device 0: tried /dev/midi00 READ/WRITE; returned -1 device 0: tried /dev/midi0 READ/WRITE; returned -1 device 0: tried /dev/midi00 READONLY; returned -1 device 0: tried /dev/midi0 READONLY; returned -1 couldn't open MIDI input device 0 device 0: tried /dev/midi00 WRITEONLY; returned -1 device 0: tried /dev/midi0 WRITEONLY; returned -1 couldn't open MIDI output device 0 opened 0 MIDI input device(s) and 0 MIDI output device(s). input channels = 0, output channels = 2 opened /dev/dsp for writing only
opened audio output on /dev/dsp; got 2 channels bytes per sample = 2 setting nfrags = 8, fragsize 1024
audiobuffer set to 50 msec OSS: requested audio buffer size 8820 limited to 8192
and then it worked, so i conclude there's a problem with the sound card IN channels. but i suffer from unbearable crackling and glitching (latency issue due to OSS ?). i guess i'd rather switch to ALSA. how do i do it ?
sound card is some cheap 'AC97'. (how can i find out more about the sound card ?)
i will try the 0.38 packages you mentioned. are they avail. at sourceforge ?
best, jyrgen
ps.: another problem is that linux boosts up the built-in laptop mic while booting. as a consequence one of the speakers broke because of a heavy feedback. :-( how can i avoid this ?