Re: [Denemo-devel] Denemo fails to start

[Richard Shann]

I have just pushed a change that means if the user's preference for MIDI
input device fails then it tries "default" (which is what it tries if
the user does not have a preference).
Does this improve things?
Richard

On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 16:04 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote:
> Am 03.10.2014 um 13:49 schrieb Richard Shann:
> > On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 11:44 +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote:
> >> Thank you for your hints.
> >>
> >> I tried to compile 1.1.2, but it fails in sourceaudio.c. I remember that
> >> this had something to do with the libaubio version, but my Linux
> >> distribution does not provide libaubio3.
> > Can you use the binary versions?
> 
> Installing the binary version at /tmp did work. With that the problem
> does not occur. With the portaudio devce set to the USB Audio DAC (I
> checked the denemorc), Denemo always starts up successfully, even if the
> selected device is busy. In the latter case, in the configuration dialog
> the entry for Output device is empty, and the USB Audio DAC is not in
> the list, but Denemo works.
> 
> >> So I tried to delete the three lines
> >>     <portaudio_device>ALSA: USB Audio DAC: - (hw:2,0)</portaudio_device>
> >>     <portaudio_sample_rate>44100</portaudio_sample_rate>
> >>     <portaudio_period_size>256</portaudio_period_size>
> >> from my .denemo-1.1.9/denemorc, and it solved the problem. 
> > 
> > I would guess that only the first of these is involved, as I don't
> > suppose you have changed the others from the default...
> 
> Right, deleting the first line of these three suffices to let Denemo
> start up.
> 
> >> Denemo did start up again after that.
> > 
> > what values did it put in those fields on this successful start?
> 
> After exiting Denemo, that line has changed to the first device:
>   <portaudio_device>ALSA: HDA Intel: ALC1200 Analog
> (hw:0,0)</portaudio_device>
> 
> Andreas