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spitzwegerich
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 Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: running hydrogen via jack as normal user [solved] |
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Hello!
It took me some time to realize, that I have to run jackd and hydrogen as root to make jack output of hydrogen work.
For example
alsaplayer -o jack
runs as a normal user. So I wonder if it is possible to make hydrogen/jack work for normal users, too.
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djpenguin
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Yes, it is. You need to add the realtime linux security module to give users realtime access (necessary for JACK to run in low-latency mode.)
First, make sure your user is added to the 'audio' group (and all the other groups you want)
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# usermod -G wheel,audio,portage,users,games *USERNAME*
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Set the proper kernel options:
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULES_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m
CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
Then unmask and install the realtime module and configure it for use:
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# nano /etc/portage/package.keywords
add: sys-apps/realtime-lsm ~x86
# emerge realtime-lsm
# modprobe realtime gid=18 allcaps=1
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gid sets the group id (18 is the gentoo audio group), and allcaps sets the 'all capabilities' mode, which is like the full capabilities patch for the 2.4 kernel. Since the realtime module IS a security hole, you should load and unload it as you need to use audio programs.
DO NOT use 'jackstart' to run JACK, use the 'jackd -R' command (plus your specifc options)
qjackctl is a nice Qt-based control app to configure and run JACK, as well as making patchbay connections. |
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spitzwegerich
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| Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, many thanks!
I did not know that for 2.6 kernels there is a new possibility to get this realtime-capability to work. I have been patching my 2.6 kernels in the same way as the 2.4 kernels.
Your tutorial is very good. It is a rare event that you follow some instructions and everything works as expected.
I feel that there should be some mechanisms to handle jack applications in gentoo. Would it make sense to have an init skript for jackd? Or is there some reasonable way to automatically load/unload the realtime module before starting/after terminating a jack application?
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djpenguin
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All JACK applications require jackd to be running in order to launch, so pairing the module loading/unloading to the start/stop of the jackd service would be the way to go.
jackd is fairly system-intensive, so I wouldn't reccomend adding it as an initscript.
A single GUI to handle all the module and service stuff would be cool...maybe an expansion of qjackctl is in order. |
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Gentree
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | DO NOT use 'jackstart' to run JACK, use the 'jackd -R' command (plus your specifc options)
qjackctl is a nice Qt-based control app to configure and run JACK, as well as making patchbay connections. |
I looked at qjackctl but have not yet managed to get it to start jack. In fact it uses startjack that you recommend not using , which way would you suggest I go?
Also I have just gone over to 2.6.10-morph9 which is amazingly fast (responsive) and has realtime-lsm in the kernel. So I unmerged the realtime package to avoid conficts and was still able to do the modprobe you suggest.
qjackctl still fails.
Thanks for any tips you may be able to give.
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djpenguin
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| spitzwegerich wrote: | Wow, many thanks!
I did not know that for 2.6 kernels there is a new possibility to get this realtime-capability to work. I have been patching my 2.6 kernels in the same way as the 2.4 kernels.
Your tutorial is very good. It is a rare event that you follow some instructions and everything works as expected.
I feel that there should be some mechanisms to handle jack applications in gentoo. Would it make sense to have an init skript for jackd? Or is there some reasonable way to automatically load/unload the realtime module before starting/after terminating a jack application? |
I know this is an old thread, but if you are still interested in automatically loading/unloading the realtime module when you start/stop the JACK server using qjackctl, I have written a couple of small scripts that work nicely. First you need to make sure you have sudo installed on your system and add these lines to the bottom of your /etc/sudoers file:
| Code: | # permission for audio users to start JACK realtime
%audio ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/modprobe |
Then you create the empty files where the scripts will reside:
| Code: | # touch /usr/bin/rtaudio
# touch /usr/bin/rtaudio_off |
Fire up your favorite editor and drop this text into /usr/bin/rtaudio
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
# rtaudio script version 1
# a script to load the linux realtime-lsm kernel module for audio (JACK/qjackctl) use
# define variables
GID=18 # group identifier for the audio group
LOG=rtaud_log.txt # name of the log file
MOD=realtime # module name
# detect the presence of the logfile and create it if it does not exist
if [ -f $HOME/$LOG ] # if the log exists
then
cat /dev/null # do nothing <--ugly hack...find a way to make this prettier
else
touch $HOME/$LOG; echo "Created `date`" >> $HOME/$LOG; echo ---------- >> $HOME/$LOG; \
echo "LOG BEGINS" >> $HOME/$LOG; echo ---------- >> $HOME/$LOG
fi
# load realtime module, restricted to audio group
sudo modprobe $MOD gid=$GID
# capture output status in a variable
RES=$?
# check and log modprobe result...yes/no for now, possibly add more in the future
if [ $RES == 0 ]
then
echo "Realtime-lsm succesfully loaded `date`" >> $HOME/$LOG
else
echo "Realtime-lsm failed to load `date` - check your /etc/sudoers file" >> $HOME/$LOG
fi
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And the following should go into /usr/bin/rtaudio_off:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
# rtaudio_off script version 1
# a script to remove the realtime-lsm module after audio (JACK) use
# define variables
LOG=rtaud_log.txt # log file
MOD=realtime # module name
# unload realtime module
sudo modprobe -r $MOD
# capture output status in a variable
RES=$?
# check and log modprobe result...yes/no for now, possibly add more in the future
if [ $RES == 0 ]
then
echo "Realtime-lsm succesfully unloaded `date`" >> $HOME/$LOG
else
echo "Realtime-lsm failed to unload `date` - check your sudoers file" >> $HOME/$LOG
fi
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Make both the scripts executable:
| Code: | | # chmod 755 /usr/bin/rtaud* |
Then go to the configuration page for qjackctl, and select the Options tab. Set up the scripts so that rtaudio runs before startup and rtaudio_off runs after shutdown. After that, running JACK is just as simple as opening up qjackctl and clicking the 'Start' button.
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gour
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| djpenguin wrote: |
Then go to the configuration page for qjackctl, and select the Options tab. Set up the scripts so that rtaudio runs before startup and rtaudio_off runs after shutdown. After that, running JACK is just as simple as opening up qjackctl and clicking the 'Start' button. |
Thanks dude, works like a charm
The only thing which I had to change is to write 
What application can you recommend as an audacity replacement on gnome (I just migrated from kde) desktop 
(I need simple stuff, like amplifying badly recorded lectures on usb-stick in .wav and exporting them to ogg, mp3...)
Sincerely,
Gour |
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djpenguin
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Audacity should work fine under gnome. If you want a two-track editor that's JACK-enabled, check out ReZound. It's in portage. |
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gour
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| djpenguin wrote: | | Audacity should work fine under gnome. |
Audacity (1.2.3) does not support JACK and whenever I try File --> Preferences it crashes (on MD64) 
| Quote: | | If you want a two-track editor that's JACK-enabled, check out ReZound. It's in portage. |
No more luck with rezound too
I emerged mhwaveedit & glame. Let's see 
Sincerely,
Gour |
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lpgasparotto
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:32 am Post subject: Re: running hydrogen via jack as normal user [solved] |
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| spitzwegerich wrote: | | It took me some time to realize, that I have to run jackd and hydrogen as root to make jack output of hydrogen work. |
You're lucky, I can't find the way to make emerge to compile with jack support. How did you get it? The same happens with ReZound
Thank you very much in advance. |
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