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Trying to start qjackctl I get this:


23:23:49.846 Statistics reset.
23:23:49.847 ALSA connection change.
23:23:49.900 D-BUS: Service is available (org.jackaudio.service aka
jackdbus).
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1,
skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1,
skipping unlock
23:23:49.911 ALSA connection graph change.


Asus x870e proart creator/Ryzen9
Suse Tumbleweed

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On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 23:47:55 -0400, bad sector wrote:

Trying to start qjackctl I get this:

Yeah, I used to have trouble with that. In the end I would run jackd
directly from a terminal window.

If you’re running PipeWire, then JACK functionality is rolled into that anyway.
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On 7/7/25 1:46 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 23:47:55 -0400, bad sector wrote:

Trying to start qjackctl I get this:

Yeah, I used to have trouble with that. In the end I would run jackd
directly from a terminal window.

If you’re running PipeWire, then JACK functionality is rolled into that anyway.

One of a few reasons I like qjackctl is the GUI connections display,
makes it all very easy. Another is to get to actually hear my guitar
input in Audacity after setting both Replay and Record to just 'default'
(this one might actually work just as well with jackd alone). I click
the record button and hit 'pause' which lets me hear my playing as well
as my backing track (in VLC) until I've had enough. Then once in a blue
moon I might even record a track without the 'paused' and monitored
recording. The rosegarden wiki has just been upgraded and almost all the
pages rely on and illustrate the use of qjackctl (except how to get it
to work).






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On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 07:39:45 -0400, bad sector wrote:

On 7/7/25 1:46 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 23:47:55 -0400, bad sector wrote:

Trying to start qjackctl I get this:

Yeah, I used to have trouble with that. In the end I would run jackd
directly from a terminal window.

If you’re running PipeWire, then JACK functionality is rolled into that
anyway.

One of a few reasons I like qjackctl is the GUI connections display,
makes it all very easy.

Yes, that used to work, once jackd was already running.

With PipeWire, I run qpwgraph, which gives an equivalent GUI. The
difference with PipeWire is it is supposed to handle video patching in the same way as audio and MIDI patching. So it replaces PulseAudio and JACK,
and adds more functionality.
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On 7/7/25 5:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 07:39:45 -0400, bad sector wrote:

On 7/7/25 1:46 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 23:47:55 -0400, bad sector wrote:

Trying to start qjackctl I get this:

Yeah, I used to have trouble with that. In the end I would run jackd
directly from a terminal window.

If you’re running PipeWire, then JACK functionality is rolled into that >>> anyway.

One of a few reasons I like qjackctl is the GUI connections display,
makes it all very easy.

Yes, that used to work, once jackd was already running.

With PipeWire, I run qpwgraph, which gives an equivalent GUI. The
difference with PipeWire is it is supposed to handle video patching in the same way as audio and MIDI patching. So it replaces PulseAudio and JACK,
and adds more functionality.

I installed PipeWire and qpwgraph. Audacity playback is fine but
recording* monitoring is painfully LOUD with no way to adequately reduce
the volume. VLC videos have no sound and VLC audio prefs don't show any PipeWire option the way tha Jack option is shown. Videos in Firefox have
no sound either ...PipeWire doesn't seem ready for prime time (or it
isn't adequately integrated in Tumbleweed).

* For 'monitoring' in Audacity I start recording and pause it. The
Gx-100 effects board 'Phones' output is plugged into the board Line-In receptacle. This setup used to work perfectly with qjackctl as I listen
to a jam-track in VLC with its own volume and hear my guitar in Audacity
as it monitors the paused recording. I was expecting it to work even
better with PipeWire.

How do I set VLC to use PipeWire? This does not work:


# pactl list short sinks
44 auto_null PipeWire ...

# pactl set-default-sink PipeWire
Failure: No such entity


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On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 23:27:35 -0400, bad sector wrote:

...PipeWire doesn't seem ready for prime time (or it isn't
adequately integrated in Tumbleweed).

I’ve been using it fine in Debian Unstable.
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