X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=_manual%2F03_setting-up-your-system%2F08_platform-specifics%2F01_ubuntu-linux.html;h=1ba1cf8813d79a3e1afdf38401dee66ae1638147;hb=1321d4a5f39bf9163b6776dddc24d8ce151fd4d3;hp=6a0331aa7732bbe1b6c5a06d9e25eae7afd9eb3a;hpb=998133f4a9ab2b7fda3659719b89aae2dca709fa;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/08_platform-specifics/01_ubuntu-linux.html b/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/08_platform-specifics/01_ubuntu-linux.html index 6a0331a..1ba1cf8 100644 --- a/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/08_platform-specifics/01_ubuntu-linux.html +++ b/_manual/03_setting-up-your-system/08_platform-specifics/01_ubuntu-linux.html @@ -11,71 +11,29 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux who want to use Ardour and other tools for music creation and pro-audio work.

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- Unfortunately, Ubuntu has repeatedly caused major headaches for - people who want to use Ardour. These problems have arisen from a - combination of two basic issues: - -

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High Level Recommendations for Ubuntu Users

- If you are really committed to using Ubuntu for pro-audio or music - creation work, you should .... -

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- 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 AVLinux - or Dreamstudio - that is specifically focused on media creation work. + Currently, installing pro audio applications on vanilla Ubuntu requires + some configuration, in order for the user to gain realtime privilege + (read below). + Ubuntu Studio, which is an official flavor of Ubuntu, and thus shares + the repositories with Ubuntu, has this already configured. + Other distributions, such as KXStudio, and Dreamstudio are largely based + on Ubuntu, and like Ubuntu Studio, has these settings preconfigured, while + also containing customized versions of Ubuntu packages, which often are + more up to date.

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Problems with Ardour Packages

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What is the problem?
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- It is not possible to know whether the current package of Ardour - 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) -

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Symptoms
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- Ardour starts up and basically runs, but you encounter subtle - problems (for example, with plugin GUIs or with export, or with the - use of certain specific plugins), or are missing functionality, or - run into crashes. -

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How to Fix
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- Download the ready-to-run version from ardour.org. 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 - interfere or interact in anyway other than sharing your own personal - Ardour settings and configuration choices. -

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Installing Ardour

+ There may be unintended differences, and even bugs in Ubuntu native + packages, as a result of a different building method. For this reason, + Ardour developers highly recommend you to install the official + ready-to-run version of the program that you can get from ardour.org, as Ubuntu native + packages are not supported in official Ardour forums or other + support channels.

Problems with the interaction between PulseAudio and JACK

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What is the problem?

- 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. + The specific issues known at this time for all flavors of Ubuntu + 12.04 and 12.10 are:

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- The specific issues known at this time (spring 2013) are:

Symptoms
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How to fix
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+ These bugs do not affect the upcoming 13.04 release, and earlier + releases (12.04 and 12.10) are in the process of being fixed. +

@@ -158,8 +110,8 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux locking". This means that you, the user who starts JACK, must be allowed access to these facilities. By default, Ubuntu does create a user group that has this permission but ... it does not put new - users into this group by default. Consequently, you will not have - permission to run JACK in the way you should. + users into this group by default. Read more about why here. + Consequently, you will not have permission to run JACK in the way you should.

Symptoms
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How to fix

+ 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 sudo usermod -a -G audio YOUR-LOGIN-NAME. Then logout and login again. + On Ubuntu Studio the user is a member of audio group by default, but not + on other official flavors.

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Reporting Issues

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Given the difficulties in supporting Ubuntu and the limited time/resources of the Ardour team, the Ubuntu Studio Project has requested that issues and bug reports related to Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and other derivitives be directed to them.

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Contact Information for Ubuntu Studio

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The Ubuntu Studio Homepage

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The Ubuntu Studio Forums.

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Information on the Ubuntu Studio Mailing Lists.

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Information on the Ubuntu Studio IRC channel. #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net