[PlanetCCRMA] Problems starting JACK

[Mark Knecht]

On 6/17/05, Michael T D Nelson <m_nels at gmx.net> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> >On 6/17/05, Michael T D Nelson <m_nels at gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Well, this bit also looks bad:
> >>
> >>'cannot write to jackstart sync pipe 4 (Bad file descriptor)
> >>jackd: wait for startup process exit failed'
> >>
> >>Does this tell anyone what my problem is?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Michael Nelson
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Check to see if you have any Jack temp FIFOs left laying about. If so
> >delete them. I've had this happen once or twice.
> >
> I'll see what I can find... I assume that's FIFO as in 'first in first
> out' buffers?
> 
> I'm not really sure exactly what I'm looking for, but these files look
> as they could be JACK FIFO buffers:
> /usr/lib/jack/tmp/jack-500/default/jack-ack-fifo-3930-0
> /usr/lib/jack/tmp/jack-500/default/jack-ack-fifo-3930-1
> 
> Am I on the right lines?
> 
> Thanks for the help
> 
> Michael Nelson
> 
Yes, those are the ones, assuming Jack wasn't running when you looked.
Try deleting them and possibly rebooting before running QJC again.

Good luck,
Mark