[proaudio] Re: [proaudio] Re: [proaudio] Re: [proaudio] Re: [proaudio] Re: [proaudio] Muse and Zynaddsubfx takes a long time to show the gui .

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/30/06, Carlos Pino <pinojazz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
<SNIP>

> >
> > lightning ~ # ls -al /usr/src/linux
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Sep 25 17:51 /usr/src/linux ->
> > /usr/src/linux-2.6.17-rt5
> > lightning ~ #
> >
>  Done.

Good. That's safe for now. If and when we find the problem then you
can try the newer kernel with more confidence.

> >   In my experience with problems like you are having I've been burned
> > by two things - the video driver and networking.
> >
> > 1) What video driver are you running? Open Source or one of the binary
> > drivers from NVidia or ATI?
> I'm using the radeon free   with an Atu Radeon X550 pci-express.
> Here is the lspci -v output
>
> 05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 secondary
> [Sapphire X550 Silent]
>         Subsystem: Info-Tek Corp. Unknown device 1133
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Memory at f1010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>         Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
>
>
> >
> > 2) Can you double check your /etc/resolve file. I've seen Gnome delay
> > (not by 5 minutes though - more like 30-45 seconds) the display of
> > certain programs when it cannot find a name server. Make sure that
> > your nameserver is really valid and operating quickly.
> >
> > lightning ~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > nameserver 192.168.1.1
> > domain homenetwork
> > lightning ~ #
> >
>  carlos@audio ~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0
> nameserver 80.58.0.33
> nameserver 80.58.32.97

I found it curious that these two name servers gave such different
answers for www.hp.com. Not a problem - just curious:

mark@lightning ~ $ nslookup www.hp.com 80.58.0.33
Server:         80.58.0.33
Address:        80.58.0.33#53

Non-authoritative answer:
www.hp.com      canonical name = www.hpgtm.nsatc.net.
Name:   www.hpgtm.nsatc.net
Address: 192.6.234.19
Name:   www.hpgtm.nsatc.net
Address: 15.200.6.113

mark@lightning ~ $ nslookup www.hp.com 80.58.32.97
Server:         80.58.32.97
Address:        80.58.32.97#53

Non-authoritative answer:
www.hp.com      canonical name = www.hpgtm.nsatc.net.
Name:   www.hpgtm.nsatc.net
Address: 161.114.22.111
Name:   www.hpgtm.nsatc.net
Address: 192.151.52.187

mark@lightning ~ $

<SNIP>

> > c) revdep-rebuild -p
<SNIP>
> Dynamic linking on your system is consistent... All done.

Looks good.

> > and let's see what linking problems might be lurking around.
> >
> > 4) Post back the output of emerge --info and we can look at flag
> > settings, etc.
> audio ~ # emerge --info
> Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1,
> glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-rt8 i686)
> =================================================================
> System uname: 2.6.17-rt8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
> Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
> Last Sync: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:00:01 +0000
> ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
> app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
> dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1
> dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
> dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
> dev-util/ccache:     2.3
> dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
> sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
> sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
> sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
> sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
> sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
> sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
> virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
> AUTOCLEAN="yes"
> CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
> CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
> CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild
> /etc/terminfo"
> CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
> DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
> FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch
> sandbox sfperms strict"
> GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo";
> LANG="es_ES@euro"
> LC_ALL="es_ES@euro"
> LINGUAS="es es_ES"
> MAKEOPTS="-j2"
> PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
> PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
> --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
> --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local'
> --exclude='/packages'"
> PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
> PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
> PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio"
> SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
> USE="x86 X alsa berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli crypt cups dbus
> dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd fam firefox
> fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal input_devices_keyboard
> input_devices_mouse isdnlog jack jpeg kernel_linux ladspa lash ldap
> libg++ linguas_es linguas_es_ES mad mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl
> nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4
> quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype
> truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU userlocales
> video_cards_fglrx vorbis win32codecs xml xorg xv zlib"
> Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS,
> PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

Humm......I'm not recommending my flag settings. Just posting them for
you to be able to do some comparisons. AFAICT everything down to the
USE flags is set identically.

lightning ~ # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3,
2.6.17-rt5 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-rt5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:30:08 +0000
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref
/usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.gr.jp
http://www.zentek-international.com/mirrors/gentoo/";
LINGUAS=""
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
--compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
--timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local'
--exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage
/usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio
/usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X alsa apache2 audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cjk
cli crypt cups dlloader dri dvd dvdr dvdread elibc_glibc emboss encode
flac fluidsynth foomaticdb fortran gif gimp gimpprint gnome gpm
gstreamer gtk gtk2 i8x0 imlib input_devices_evdev
input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jack
jack-tmpfs java jpeg kde kernel_linux ladspa lzw lzw-tiff mjpeg mp3
mpeg mysql mythtv ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pam pcre pdflib
perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime radeon readline reflection
sdl session sndfile spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userland_GNU v4l v4l2
video_cards_radeon video_cards_vesa vorbis xorg xpm xscreensaver xv
xvid zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL,
LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

lightning ~ #


> >
> > 5) Let's see if X11 is complaining about anything:

X looks happy as a clam.

The only sort of questionable flag I can think of is that you are
setting lash support in Zyn while I am not. Possibly the delay is
something to do with that? In my case Zyn starts immediately:

mark@lightning ~ $ zynaddsubfx

ZynAddSubFX - Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Nasca Octavian Paul
Compiled: Sep 30 2006 10:11:46
This program is free software (GNU GPL v.2) and
   it comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

Try 'zynaddsubfx --help' for command-line options.
Sound Buffer Size =     256 samples
Internal latency =      5.8 ms
ADsynth Oscil.Size =    512 samples
Internal SampleRate   = 44100
Jack Output SampleRate= 44100
mark@lightning ~ $

 You probably should look over my flags more carefully than I have
and see if you spot any other differences. Maybe I missed one as I had
a bit of a sleepless night here.

Cheers,
Mark