Re: [Rosegarden-user] Installation Frustrations- Newbie

[Roger C. <rog...@gm...>]

>
> The --simulate flag do has it says : it will not install anything, just
> print what apt-get will do.
>
> BTW, which login manager are you using ? (gdm, kdm, xdm) It should be
> the last line printed on the screen, when bootup the machine, just
> before the login manager is display.
>

I am at work right now and do not have access to my Debian box; I will try
the simulated install when I get home.

I was using kdm when I had the problems, but my latest install gives my a
different login that I am have not seen. It is gray rather than blue (as it
was previously) and lets me choose from several different login methods, bu=
t
does not let me login as root....

Well, depending on how deeply you want to go into this, you will need
> to install the correct jackd version (0.100, believe), and then
> install Rosegarden from source. You will be bypassing the Debian
> packaging, of course, so Rosegarden's dependencies change, since you
> won't be using the Debian dependencies (you'll need to check the
> requirements section on the web page for what you need to build
> Rosegarden). Note that if you are just doing MIDI work, you don't
> need jackd support (it's only used for digital audio).
>
> I maintain two separate machines with Rosegarden. One of them, which
> is my dedicated studio workstation, I have installed all of the audio
> applications from source code (jackd, ardour, rosegarden, etc).
> Another machine, which I typically use for stuff like email and
> non-audio stuff (except for Rosegarden, I do some MIDI composing on
> this machine), I tend to install binary packages... but since the
> jackd fiasco started with Debian, I ended up having to install
> Rosegarden from source.


I primarily want to use Rosegarden for composition. In fact, that is the
reason that I built the machine that I am trying to install on. I was using
a commercial composition program on Windows.... I'll leave out the reason
that I am moving from that software, but it involves ethics :) However, the
more that I have used Linux, the more I like it; in fact, I now have 3 Linu=
x
machines in my house! I really hope that I can get Rosegarden to work.

Roger