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homerj742
November 12th, 2009, 12:14 PM
I currently have 8.04 running, and have been contemplating the upgrade to 9.10 (clean install). You see, although 8.04 has been working pretty well, lately Jack has been disconnecting my sessions and I've been getting quite a few xruns (I've made multiple adjustments in jack to try and help but to no avail).

is 9.10 stable compared to 8.04? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
trulan
November 12th, 2009, 08:28 PM
I moved to 9.10 and have not regretted it. Time will tell whether or not it will be as stable as 8.04 has been, and your mileage may vary. 9.10 is definitely a big improvement from 9.04, at least as far as the real time kernel is concerned. I'd say go for it.
JC Cheloven
November 12th, 2009, 09:19 PM
Perhaps you run in problems with pulse audio and your hardware. Things seem to be still a bit messy between pulseaudio and alsa, IMO.

If that happens, it could be better to stay with 8.04, as uninstalling pulseaudio (without breaking your system) is much easier in that than in 9.10.

I would say: be prepared to try both, perhaps 9.10 as a first option.
homerj742
November 13th, 2009, 12:35 PM
Uninstalling pulseaudio is a problem in 9.10?
trulan
November 13th, 2009, 05:54 PM
You'll have to research that. I know it has been done. I also know that a lot more of the sound chain (for example, the volume controls) has been turned over to Pulse rather than Alsa Mixer. So I'm pretty sure it's a bit more involved to remove Pulse in Karmic.

I'm not a Pulse hater though - I've never had a problem with it. But I know a lot of people would love to be rid of it.
markbuntu
November 13th, 2009, 11:25 PM
If you are concerned about pulseaudio and jack not getting along, that has been mostly worked out by the pulse and jack devs so no worries there with 9.10

If you want to use 9.10 I would reccomend waiting a few weeks or months while the bugs are squashed.
AutoStatic
November 14th, 2009, 07:08 AM
Uninstalling pulseaudio is a problem in 9.10?The uninstalling itself is not a problem. Yes, it uninstalls ubuntu-desktop also, that could have implications with updating and upgrading.
I wonder how many sound apps will still work properly though after uninstalling PulseAudio, and that includes stuff like Flash Player, system sounds etc.
homerj742
November 15th, 2009, 11:22 PM
If you are concerned about pulseaudio and jack not getting along, that has been mostly worked out by the pulse and jack devs so no worries there with 9.10

If you want to use 9.10 I would reccomend waiting a few weeks or months while the bugs are squashed.

Thanks for the recommendation. I guess I will wait and see what happens...
JC Cheloven
November 19th, 2009, 11:50 PM
Uninstalling pulseaudio is a problem in 9.10?

Sorry, not anymore :-) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8349609

But it wasn't easy either. That way seem to break nothing, and fix the serious issues I had. I'm glad now. I can stay at ubuntu.

EDIT (a day after): Of course you loose the pulse volume icon in the panel.