Re: [gentoo-user] Poor mans audio in the world of the great Jack D.

[Meino.Cramer@gmx.de]

Emanuele Rusconi <emarsk@gmail.com> [15-05-20 19:36]:
> On 20 May 2015 at 18:23, <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > ...and confusion reaches the head of great Jack D. and
> > from his mouth the words were heard:
> >
> > #>sudo /etc/init.d/jackd restart
> >  * Starting JACK Daemon ...
> >  * JACK daemon can't be started! Check logfile: /var/log/jackd.log
> >                             [ !! ]
> >  * ERROR: jackd failed to start
> > [1]    6210 exit 1     sudo /etc/init.d/jackd restart
> >
> > ...but none of his words, which were good and wise in the past, were
> > written down for those who came after him:
> >
> > #>ls -l /var/log/jackd.log
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2015-05-20 18:18 /var/log/jackd.log
> >
> > And the children - left alone in the dark of this ancient machine -
> > stared into the empty LED eyes of their grandmaster not knowing
> > to where to go and whether to flee or stand still...
> >
> > "Help - Oh help us brotheren of the Gentoo! Help!"
> > they cried.
> >
> 
> How does the ancient seer answer to this cunning riddle?
> # sudo lsof /dev/snd/*
> 
> From the answer of the oracle we will know where our fate lies,
> if the whimsical God of Knowledge will smile upon us.
> 
> -- Emanuele Rusconi


(it become really fun to create Koans from problems! Nice 
and positive way to walk down the way to the solution...<grin)

While it was calm and silent on the surface of the system and
the spirit of nothing moves across the face of the tasklist,
the ancient seer spake
lsof /dev/snd/*

and an echo from the far answered:
/root>lsof /dev/snd/*
COMMAND    PID     USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
volumeico 4231 mccramer    8u   CHR  116,2      0t0 4554 /dev/snd/controlC0
jackd     6539 mccramer  mem    CHR  116,3          4555 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
jackd     6539 mccramer  mem    CHR  116,4          4556 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
jackd     6539 mccramer    8u   CHR  116,2      0t0 4554 /dev/snd/controlC0
jackd     6539 mccramer   10u   CHR  116,3      0t0 4555 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
jackd     6539 mccramer   11u   CHR  116,4      0t0 4556 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
jackd     6539 mccramer   12u   CHR  116,1      0t0 2052 /dev/snd/seq
[1]    15019 exit 1     lsof /dev/snd/*

And again the great Jack D. displays its mighty so that all follows
him and no one and nothing leads him.

A lone voice in system he is...