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Qtractor - An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
https://qtractor.org
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Make snd-seq-midi instructions more verbose #261

Closed probonopd closed 4 years ago

probonopd commented 4 years ago

Running qtractor-0.9.12-52.x86_64.AppImage on Xubuntu 18.04 live ISO, I am getting

The audio/MIDI engine could not be started. Make sure the JACK audio server (jackd) and/or the ALSA Sequencer kernel module (snd-seq-midi) are up and running and then restart the session

I did

sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi

and then restarted Qtractor, this did not resolve the issue for me.

it would be nice if the dialog box would be a bit more verbose, telling me exactly what to do.

rncbc commented 4 years ago

what about the jack server? was it started, up and running?

probonopd commented 4 years ago

No. I don't use JACK (i find it way too obscure and cumbersome - never works without fiddling around). I read the "and/or" in the error message such that either JACK or ALSA (or both) can be used, am I misreading it?

Otherwise, I think the message should be rewritten as

The audio/MIDI engine could not be started. Make sure the JACK audio server (jackd) and the ALSA Sequencer kernel module (snd-seq-midi) are up and running and then restart the session

(without the "/or")

rncbc commented 4 years ago

both are needed: 1) jack-server sure needs to be up and running; 2) the alsa-seq kernel module has to be loaded (it usually is on system boot).

but ok, fair enough I reckon it's an English language nitpicking issue ;)

cheers