<p>
Ubuntu Linux is the most popular variety of Linux in use on desktop
and laptop systems. It has the backing of a for-profit corporation
- (Canonical Inc.) behind it, a defined philosophy and a huge and
+ (Canonical Inc.), a defined philosophy and a huge and
worldwide user base. As a result, it is a common platform for people
who want to use Ardour and other tools for music creation and
pro-audio work.
</ul>
</p>
+<h2>High Level Recommendations for Ubuntu Users</h2>
+
+<p>
+ If you are really committed to using Ubuntu for pro-audio or music
+ creation work, you should ....
+<p>
+<p>
+ If you not yet committed to using Ubuntu for pro-audio or music
+ creation work, you should probably consider using a different
+ distribution that has a demonstrated history of not making life for
+ users like you more complex than it needs to be. In particular you
+ might want to consider a distribution such
+ as <a href="http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html">AVLinux</a>
+ or <a href="http://www.dickmacinnis.com/dreamstudio/">Dreamstudio</a>
+ that is specifically focused on media creation work.
+</p>
+
<h2>Problems with Ardour Packages</h2>
<dl>
released by Ubuntu has been correctly built or not. Ubuntu has a
history of making packaging errors that lead to crashes, missing
functionality and odd behaviour that is not present in the
- ready-to-run version of the program that you can get from ardour.org
- (or in the packages released by other distributions)
+ ready-to-run version of the program that you can get from <a
+ href="http://ardour.org/download">ardour.org</a> (or in the packages
+ released by other distributions)
</p>
<dt>Symptoms</dt>
<dd>
<dt>How to Fix</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Download the ready-to-run version from ardour.org. Ardour's lead
- developer (and many of the most active members of our user
+ Download the ready-to-run version
+ from <a href="http://ardour.org/download">ardour.org</a>. Ardour's
+ lead developer (and many of the most active members of our user
community) will not provide support for, and will not investigate
bugs reported for, Ubuntu's own packages of Ardour. The ardour.org
packages install along side your distribution versions, and do not
</dd>
<dt>What is the problem?</dt>
<dd>
-<p>
- This relatively simple system ought to be the basis for excellent
- cooperation between PulseAudio and JACK. Unfortunately, it relies on
- everything being correctly configured for it to work, and Ubuntu
- have repeatedly failed to get this configuration correct.
-</p>
<p>
The specific issues known at this time (spring 2013) are:
<ul>
<li>a bug in PulseAudio that causes it not to give up the
- soundcard when JACK asks</li>
- <li>bad package dependency information that causes a critical
- package to be missing even when JACK and PulseAudio are
- installed</li>
- <li>a bug that causes JACK to freeze up when told to stop,
- causing issues with restarting</li>
+ soundcard when JACK asks (<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1163638">LP: #1163638</a></li>
+ <li>a bug that causes jackdbus v.1.9.8 (jackd does not suffer from this) to freeze up when told to stop,
+ causing issues with restarting (<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/jackd2/+bug/956438">LP: #956438</a></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt>Symptoms</dt>
<ul>
<li>Cannot start JACK (though see the next section for other
causes of this)</li>
- <li>JACK starts but there is no sound coming from Ardour or other
- applications that use JACK.</li>
</ul>
</p>
</dd>
<dt>How to fix</dt>
<dd>
<p>
+ Make sure the file /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf exists. If it is
+ named /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf.disabled, rename it to the former.
Run the command <code>sudo usermod -a -G
audio <em>YOUR-LOGIN-NAME</em></code>. Then logout and login again.
+ On Ubuntu Studio the user is a member of audio group by default, but not
+ on other flavors. Read more about why <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup">here</a>
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
-
+ <h2>Reporting Issues</h2>
+<p>Given the difficulties in supporting Ubuntu and the limited time/resources of the Ardour team, the <code>Ubuntu Studio Project</code> has requested that issues and bug reports related to Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and other derivitives be directed to them.<p>
+<h4>Contact Information for Ubuntu Studio</h4>
+<p><a href="http://ubuntustudio.org" target="_blank">The Ubuntu Studio Homepage</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=335" target="_blank">The Ubuntu Studio Forums.</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/MailLists" target="_blank">Information on the Ubuntu Studio Mailing Lists.</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/IRC" target-"_blank">Information on the Ubuntu Studio IRC channel.</a> #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net</p>
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