From: George K. <mrd...@ya...> - 2009-11-18 19:51:43
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Hello, Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the easiest to get Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without "system timer resolution is too low" complaints, xruns, choppy MIDI playback and such). (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers including probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. Is it known how many of the 388 do have a smoothly running RG?) Thank you in advance and greetings,George |
From: Abrolag <ab...@us...> - 2009-11-18 20:01:23
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:51:29 -0800 (PST) George Kopeczky <mrd...@ya...> wrote: > Hello, > Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the easiest to get Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without "system timer resolution is too low" complaints, xruns, choppy MIDI playback and such). > (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers including probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. Is it known how many of the 388 do have a smoothly running RG?) > Thank you in advance and greetings,George Well, here's 1 with smooth running on 64studio :) -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. |
From: Mario M. <mar...@li...> - 2009-11-18 20:11:16
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I use mandriva from 2 years and rosegarden and jack they work very well. -- oiram/bin/selom |
From: Brett M. <idr...@gm...> - 2009-11-18 20:15:52
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:51 PM, George Kopeczky <mrd...@ya...> wrote: > Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the easiest to get > Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without "system timer resolution is too > low" complaints, xruns, choppy MIDI playback and such). > > (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers including probably > quite a few like me who have RG issues. Is it known how many of the 388 do > have a smoothly running RG?) > I have RG (+ Ardour) running quite well under Gentoo. In the past I have also used vanilla Debian and Fedora + CCRMA and it all ran pretty much out of the box. The trick is getting the right kernel + rt capabilities and tuning jack to work correctly. Once you have that, it should be smooth sailing, regardless of distro. -- Brett ------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi |
From: Gabriel <li...@ga...> - 2009-11-18 21:18:23
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:51:29AM -0800, George Kopeczky wrote: > Hello, > Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the easiest to get Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without "system timer resolution is too low" complaints, xruns, choppy MIDI playback and such). > (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers including probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. Is it known how many of the 388 do have a smoothly running RG?) > Thank you in advance and greetings,George > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > Ros...@li... - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user I am running CCRMA, which is based on Fedora. I am quite happy with it. Why not give it a try. Fedora is one of the most stable distributions, complying with the Linux Standard Base. I do have a few issues with a Fame card with an VIA ICE1724 chipset, which somehow I don't get running. But Jack and Rosegarden are running out of the box. It also has a very good and helpful mailing list. Have a loot at: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ Greetings, Gabriel |
From: jimmy <wg...@ya...> - 2009-11-18 22:55:05
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> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:51:29 -0800 (PST) > From: George Kopeczky <mrd...@ya...> > > Hello, > Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the > easiest to get Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without > "system timer resolution is too low" complaints, xruns, > choppy MIDI playback and such). > (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers > including probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. > Is it known how many of the 388 do have a smoothly running > RG?) > Thank you in advance and greetings,George If you are familiar with Debian, then Sidux has Linux kernels with "high resolution timer" compiled-in, and uses Debian Unstable respository. Once Sidux is installed, you still need to get the appropriate packages (Rosegarden, Jackd/Qjackctl...) and configure the (realtime) priority for the audio processes. But no need to compile the kernel yourself, or try to locate kernel with "high resolution timer". No RT-patches to the kernel is needed for recent kernel releases. If you don't mind learning different ways of configuring the system, then switching to any random distribution would not be a problem. But if you stay within the same type of "major Linux distribution" that you are familiar with, then you will have less problems (learning curve) in figuring out the different tools, or commands to manage the system day to day operations. Jimmy |
From: adrjork <ad...@gm...> - 2009-11-19 10:32:16
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How to compile kernels with "high resolution timer" in Apodio (Ubuntu Hardy i386)? And how to configure the (realtime) priority for the audio processes? Thanks wg2002a wrote: > > >> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:51:29 -0800 (PST) >> From: George Kopeczky <mrd...@ya...> >> >> Hello, >> Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the >> easiest to get Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without >> "system timer resolution is too low" complaints, xruns, >> choppy MIDI playback and such). >> (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers >> including probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. >> Is it known how many of the 388 do have a smoothly running >> RG?) >> Thank you in advance and greetings,George > > > If you are familiar with Debian, then Sidux has Linux kernels with "high > resolution timer" compiled-in, and uses Debian Unstable respository. Once > Sidux is installed, you still need to get the appropriate packages > (Rosegarden, Jackd/Qjackctl...) and configure the (realtime) priority for > the audio processes. But no need to compile the kernel yourself, or try > to locate kernel with "high resolution timer". No RT-patches to the > kernel is needed for recent kernel releases. > > If you don't mind learning different ways of configuring the system, then > switching to any random distribution would not be a problem. But if you > stay within the same type of "major Linux distribution" that you are > familiar with, then you will have less problems (learning curve) in > figuring out the different tools, or commands to manage the system day to > day operations. > > Jimmy > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > Ros...@li... - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Easiest-distro-to-get-RG-to-work-correctly-on%2C-etc.-tp26414522p26421263.html Sent from the Rosegarden - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: GARY S. <gse...@bt...> - 2009-11-19 11:51:21
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64studio is now based on ubuntu, might be the quickest way if you dont mind reinstalling. In plain ol' ubuntu you can probably just use synaptic to install your kernel of choice. AFAIK the older kernels had a higher resolution timer and the newer ones have a lower resolution (for reason of overall efficiency?). If music is your passion but you only have one machine, I would go for a music distro (Musix or 64studio (the only options really if you dont want to take lots of time configuring things)) as you can do all your everyday stuff with it anyway. Personally I use Arch and install/configure things as I need them. I would not be taking this route if I made music for a living. If I were making money (or at least more serious about music making) I would use 64studio for my workstation and tinker with Arch on another machine in my spare time (until the arch machine was good enough). --- On Thu, 19/11/09, adrjork <ad...@gm...> wrote: > From: adrjork <ad...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [Rosegarden-user] Easiest distro to get RG to work correctly on, etc. > To: ros...@li... > Date: Thursday, 19 November, 2009, 10:32 > > How to compile kernels with "high resolution timer" in > Apodio (Ubuntu Hardy > i386)? > And how to configure the (realtime) priority for the audio > processes? > Thanks > > > wg2002a wrote: > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:51:29 -0800 (PST) > >> From: George Kopeczky <mrd...@ya...> > >> > >> Hello, > >> Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is > the > >> easiest to get Rosegarden to work correctly on? > (without > >> "system timer resolution is too low" complaints, > xruns, > >> choppy MIDI playback and such). > >> (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 > subscribers > >> including probably quite a few like me who have RG > issues. > >> Is it known how many of the 388 do have a smoothly > running > >> RG?) > >> Thank you in advance and greetings,George > > > > > > If you are familiar with Debian, then Sidux has Linux > kernels with "high > > resolution timer" compiled-in, and uses Debian > Unstable respository. Once > > Sidux is installed, you still need to get the > appropriate packages > > (Rosegarden, Jackd/Qjackctl...) and configure the > (realtime) priority for > > the audio processes. But no need to compile the > kernel yourself, or try > > to locate kernel with "high resolution timer". > No RT-patches to the > > kernel is needed for recent kernel releases. > > > > If you don't mind learning different ways of > configuring the system, then > > switching to any random distribution would not be a > problem. But if you > > stay within the same type of "major Linux > distribution" that you are > > familiar with, then you will have less problems > (learning curve) in > > figuring out the different tools, or commands to > manage the system day to > > day operations. > > > > Jimmy > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free > Crystal Reports 2008 > > 30-Day > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus > > on > > what you do best, core application coding. Discover > what's new with > > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > _______________________________________________ > > Rosegarden-user mailing list > > Ros...@li... > - use the link below to unsubscribe > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Easiest-distro-to-get-RG-to-work-correctly-on%2C-etc.-tp26414522p26421263.html > Sent from the Rosegarden - User mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's > new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > Ros...@li... > - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user > |
From: Kevin D. <ke...@do...> - 2009-11-20 20:03:13
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Hi Jimmy On Wednesday 18 November 2009 22:54, jimmy wrote: > If you are familiar with Debian, then Sidux has Linux kernels with "high > resolution timer" compiled-in, and uses Debian Unstable respository. Once > Sidux is installed, you still need to get the appropriate packages > (Rosegarden, Jackd/Qjackctl...) and configure the (realtime) priority for > the audio processes. But no need to compile the kernel yourself, or try to > locate kernel with "high resolution timer". No RT-patches to the kernel is > needed for recent kernel releases. This inspired me to have a look at sidux (apparently they don't like people calling it Sidux!), and I'm quite impressed. The liveCD was quite responsive on a 5-6 year-old PC with an Athlon chip, NVCrush GeForce2 integrated video, and 512Mb RAM, and it installed in 7 minutes (whereas the new openSUSE 11.2 one refuses, because of too little RAM). Very snappy once installed, and the first time I've seen KDE4 able to compete with KDE3 in terms of responsiveness and functionality. The only issue I had was that the video resolution was set to a max of 800x600. After a chat on IRC, I was advised to boot the liveCD again, but this time adding: xmode=1024x1068 to the boot line, and then copy the resulting /etc/X11/xorg.conf to the installed version. (In fact, I was not aware until now that most of the newer distros have done away with xorg.conf!) What impressed me most was a silly little thing - I was asked to run: xrandr | sidux-paste and this automatically posted the output to pastebin.ca - cool! Would you mind expanding a bit on the kernel/audio process priority things above. so I can do a bit more exploring? You can reply off-list if you think it's a bit OT. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.cymraeg.org.uk - Welsh-English autotranslator www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg |
From: Al T. <big...@sb...> - 2009-11-19 03:58:31
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George Kopeczky wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the easiest to get > Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without "system timer resolution is > too low" complaints, xruns, choppy MIDI playback and such). > > (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers including > probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. Is it known how many > of the 388 do have a smoothly running RG?) > Count me as "1". I compiled from the tarball on Fedora Core 7, kernel 2.6.23.17, KDE 3.5, Intel 2.6GHz P4, and it works fine here. I've made no fancy hi-resolution patches, and in fact, use this as a general purpose machine for myself and the family. It also runs my website. I'm certain that if I made this an audio-only machine, I could play/record more tracks and more plugins before running out of CPU, but I'm satisfied. -- Check out the website I've been cobbling together. It will never be done, but it's a start: http://lateralforce.no-ip.org My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] |
From: Daniel T. <dan...@go...> - 2009-11-19 17:01:47
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Hi all, I have been subscribing to this list for some time now, and have never had a need to ask a question (i stay subscribed mostly for the little user tips I pick up from others asking, so thanks everyone!) so that must go some way to affirming the stability of Rosegarden! As a music hobbyist I use studio 64 'out of the box' (dual booting Ubuntu standard desktop for day-to-day). I have had little or no issues with any of the packaged software. (I have had one issue syncing midi rosegarden with Hydrogen when using RG as the master, but as I have never needed this set up I have done little to investigate or resolve it, so it may very well be an easy fix.) I tried ubuntu studio a couple of years ago, but found the distro unstable for reasons which elude me now, so I have always very happily stuck with Studio 64. Like I say, I can confidently use it 'out of the box' and run rosegarden, Ardour, Hydrogen, AMsysnth, zynaddsubfx synth, jack, linuxsampler etc with nothing other than a little jack config to get the latency/xrun balance. So thanks to rosegarden and studio 64 for some excellent stable software. Kind regards, On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Al Thompson <big...@sb...>wrote: > George Kopeczky wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there a canonical choice, which Linux distro is the easiest to get > > Rosegarden to work correctly on? (without "system timer resolution is > > too low" complaints, xruns, choppy MIDI playback and such). > > > > (Also, I'm just curious... this list has 388 subscribers including > > probably quite a few like me who have RG issues. Is it known how many > > of the 388 do have a smoothly running RG?) > > > > Count me as "1". I compiled from the tarball on Fedora Core 7, kernel > 2.6.23.17, KDE 3.5, Intel 2.6GHz P4, and it works fine here. I've made > no fancy hi-resolution patches, and in fact, use this as a general > purpose machine for myself and the family. It also runs my website. > > I'm certain that if I made this an audio-only machine, I could > play/record more tracks and more plugins before running out of CPU, but > I'm satisfied. > > -- > > > Check out the website I've been cobbling together. It will never be done, > but it's a start: > http://lateralforce.no-ip.org > > > My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, > equipment, etc, is at: > http://audioandmore.wordpress.com > > > Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; > und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' > - [Friedrich Nietzsche] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > Ros...@li... - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user > |