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=3cd226c0a0c438ac28e0c136a878a037ca6c11c6;hb=3a1bc27aa7343765fcb19e1148c5c11c623b2122;hp=8948cb10de5428b3f043760adc1c0735eb530239;hpb=4a937321e28308b3e764f34d8aab7fc80d4d265a;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 8948cb1..3cd226c 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 @@ -11,68 +11,29 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux who want to use Ardour and other tools for music creation and pro-audio work.
-- 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: - -
- Currently, installing pro audio applications on Ubuntu requires some - configuration, in order for the user to gain realtime privilege (read below). + 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. - Another distribution, KXStudio, is largely based on Ubuntu, and also has - these settings preconfigured - also containing many customized and often - more up to date packages. + 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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- 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 +
- 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. -
-- 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. -
-- The specific issues known at this time (spring 2013) are: + The specific issues known at this time for all flavors of Ubuntu + 12.04 and 12.10 are:
- Install jackd2 1.9.9 to fix crash on stop bug. - Install pulseaudio-3.0 to fix card reservation bug. + 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.
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 flavors. Read more about why here
+ on other official flavors.