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=c983f15571c2d01f006beaabe117e69fe900cd09;hb=a3f513c99268b7d8e6f296e76bef7a56b6519a2e;hp=13846791a35bc9e301af1b840efe0d873ccabb75;hpb=872542b0a742767278a983fa00139e9df3744aa7;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 1384679..c983f15 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 @@ -11,73 +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: - -

-

High Level Recommendations for Ubuntu Users

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

+ 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.

- 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. -

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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 +

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 (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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+ href="http://ardour.org/download">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

@@ -116,13 +72,14 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux
What is the problem?

- 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:

+

Symptoms
@@ -134,6 +91,10 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux

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. +

@@ -149,8 +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
@@ -169,14 +130,14 @@ title: Ubuntu Linux 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 flavors. Read more about why here + on other official flavors.

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.

+

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.

Contact Information for Ubuntu Studio

The Ubuntu Studio Homepage

The Ubuntu Studio Forums.

Information on the Ubuntu Studio Mailing Lists.

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

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