Re: [LAU] jackd process can't be killed

From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Dec 31 2008 - 10:49:26 EET

On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 21:44 -0800, Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 04:20:11PM -0500, R Dicaire wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Adam Sampson <ats@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > This looks like the 2.6.26 MIDI sequencer problem -- MIDI doesn't work,
> > > and after jackd has opened the sequencer device for the first time,
> > > it'll hang trying to close it. Future attempts to open the sequencer
> > > device then fail because it's in use.
> >
> > Ahhhhhhhh, I was never aware there was a midi issue...jackd could be
> > killed when I didn't use -X, excellent.
> > Thank you VERY much.
> >
> > Now here's another situation. I've built alsa and jack. I installed
> > them into custom locations. In my users .asoundrc
> > I have a pcm device that calls the jack plugin. How would I get calls
> > to this plugin to use my custom built
> > /usr/local/alsa/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_jack.so instead of
> > the system one in /usr/lib/alsa-lib ?
>
> MIDI doesn't work in 2.6.26???!
>
> Is that for real? Is it really a kernel problem or an ALSA problem?
> Is there a workaround?

The problem I see is with the rt patch applied. And only when
interfacing with external hardware midi interfaces. A partial workaround
made midi input work, but the internal timer has problems.

I have not checked midi under 2.6.26-rt12 yet...
-- Fernando

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