Re: [Denemo-devel] Compilation on Ubuntu Karmic

[Till Hartmann]

> > The package I will soon push to debian, compiled with all default
> > options, patched only to change the default audio driver and midi/audio
> > output (see attachment), runs by default with portaudio and pulseaudio;
> > then, if the user runs jackd and selects "jack" as audio driver (and
> > restarts), it uses jack.
> >      
> This I don't understand. I start with a simple Debian Stable
> installation. If I set pulseaudio in the prefs I hear nothing - the
> output is
>
> fluidsynth: error: Couldn't find the requested audio driver: pulseaudio
>
>   I hear things if I set oss. So it seems that a naive user installing
> the denemo package and just starting denemo will hear no output unless
> he has installed pulseaudio (whatever that is). Perhaps when I set oss I
> am getting a side effect of some package that I have installed for some
> other reason?
>    
PulseAudio is the default audio server for Ubuntu (since 8.10 or so).
Be careful not to confuse ubuntu .deb packages with debian .deb packages 
(although they are likely going to install and run), as ubuntu and 
debian ship different libraries or library versions.