Setting up Jack Ubuntu Studio. Jack crashes using hda intel sound card

[parece06]

hey everyone, i've searched almost every thread regarding setting up jack and it's still not working. here is a list of my hardware.

description: Notebook
product: HP Pavilion dv5000 (EZ415UA#ABA)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version: F.24
serial: CND6241Q1P
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook cpus=2 uuid=0B19EF31-F818-11DA-A1B8-0016D40D23FE
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 30A8
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: 56.48
serial: CND6241Q1P
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: F.24 (09/07/2007)
size: 99KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect int5printscreen int9keyboard int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2050 @ 1.60GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.14.8
serial: 0000-06E8-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: U1
size: 800MHz
capacity: 1600MHz
width: 32 bits
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon bts pni monitor est tm2 xtpr pdcm cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache
description: L2 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L2 Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: a
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
physical id: 0
slot: M1
size: 512MiB
width: 32 bits
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
physical id: 1
slot: M2
size: 512MiB
width: 32 bits
*-cpu:1
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@1
version: 6.14.8
serial: 0000-06E8-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 800MHz
capacity: 800MHz
capabilities: ht cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:d0200000-d027ffff ioport:1800(size=8) memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) memory:d0300000-d033ffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:d0280000-d02fffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:22 memory:d0340000-d0343fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:24
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:25
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
resources: irq:26 memory:44000000-440fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 02
serial: 00:13:02:53:8c:37
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 ip=192.168.1.108 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:28 memory:44000000-44000fff
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:1820(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:1840(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1860(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:1880(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:d0544000-d05443ff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d0000000-d00fffff memory:40000000-43ffffff(prefetchable)
*-pcmcia
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:08:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: irq:18 memory:d0004000-d0004fff ioport:2400(size=256) ioport:2800(size=256) memory:40000000-43ffffff(prefetchable) memory:48000000-4bffffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.1
bus info: pci@0000:08:06.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:19 memory:d0007000-d00077ff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
*-storage
description: Mass storage controller
product: 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.2
bus info: pci@0000:08:06.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=tifm_7xx1 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=7
resources: irq:22 memory:d0005000-d0005fff
*-generic
description: SD Host controller
product: PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 6.3
bus info: pci@0000:08:06.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=7
resources: irq:20 memory:d0007800-d00078ff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: PRO/100 VE Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:08:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:16:d4:0d:23:fe
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=66 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: irq:20 memory:d0006000-d0006fff ioport:2000(size=64)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi4
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1810(size=16)
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GSA-4084N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: KQ09
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:27 ioport:18d0(size=8) ioport:18c4(size=4) ioport:18c8(size=8) ioport:18c0(size=4) ioport:18b0(size=16) memory:d0544400-d05447ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: TOSHIBA MK1246GS
vendor: Toshiba
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: LB21
serial: Y7ISF2ZSS
size: 111GiB (120GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=c038c038
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: aaac80be-7730-4917-ac4a-46f29622d070
size: 108GiB
capacity: 108GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2010-01-06 09:39:32 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/35����������S�xަ�IZ�*��*����������������\�������%� � modified=2010-01-07 11:13:08 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-01-07 11:13:08 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 2910MiB
capacity: 2910MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 2910MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:18e0(size=32)



from what i gather, i'm using an hda intel sound card with i believe a conexant codec. here is the message i get from jack control after hitting the start button.

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } 09:18:05.839 Patchbay deactivated.
09:18:05.845 Statistics reset.
09:18:05.935 Startup script...
09:18:05.936 artsshell -q terminate
09:18:05.941 ALSA connection graph change.
sh: artsshell: not found
09:18:06.338 Startup script terminated with exit status=32512.
09:18:06.339 JACK is starting...
09:18:06.339 /usr/bin/jackd -R -P70 -t5000 -dalsa -dhw:0 -r48000 -p512 -n3 -i8 -o8
no message buffer overruns
jackd 0.116.1
Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
loading driver ..
apparent rate = 48000
creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|512|3|48000|8|8|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
control device hw:0
09:18:06.397 JACK was started with PID=28607.
09:18:06.542 ALSA connection change.
09:18:07.605 JACK was stopped successfully.
09:18:07.606 Post-shutdown script...
09:18:07.607 killall jackd
09:18:07.607 JACK has crashed.
jackd: no process found
09:18:08.079 Post-shutdown script terminated with exit status=256.
09:18:08.646 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Unable to connect to server. Please check the messages window for more info.


i've tried many different combinations regarding the buffer rate/period, sample rate, etc. so i do not think that would be the problem. i would love to get ubuntu studio working, particularly ardour and audacity but it seems i have to set up jack which has been a real pain. if anyone out there can attempt to help me, any information would be appreciated. i'm new to linux so i do not know all the commands to find out the specs of my machine but if any more info is needed from my end, just let me know how to get it and i will be as quick as i can in responding. thanks

[AutoStatic]

Hello parece06, could you post the output in a terminal of aplay -l and cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep -i codec ? And did you try different interfaces in QjackCtl?

[thorgal]

are you sure about the number of channels (-i8 and -o8 ) you passed to the jack ALSA backend ?? Try without setting them.

[parece06]

thanks for the quick replies everyone...autostatic, here is my -aplay terminal

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

and my codec terminal is :

Codec: Conexant CX20551 (Waikiki)

and your question as far as trying different interfaces, i'm assuming you mean using different options like hw, 0, hw, 0,0 , etc. then yes i've tried many different combinations along with many different driver combinations.

thorgal, i tried putting the input and outputs at 0 (comes up as default) to no avail.

just let me know what else i need to do and/or what else you need to know. i will try and log on here at least twice a day. thanks again everyone

[AutoStatic]

Hello parece06, thanks for the output! Is it possible to post a screenshot of gnome-alsamixer? It might not be installed yet, if so, you can install it with Synaptic, just search for gnome-alsamixer.
And you could try entering hw:Intel as the Interface in QjackCtl (just remove (default) or hw:0), then you're sure you got the right device.

[parece06]

thanks for the help autostatic. after downloading the gnome alsa mixer, here is a screenshot of it. also, i changed the interface and i'm not sure what exactly it did, however jackcontrol is still failing. i attached a screenshot of my jackcontrol setup as well. sorry for my late response, my birthday was yesterday so i didn't have the chance to get to the computer. again, i appreciate you helping me.

[AutoStatic]

Happy belated birthday :)
Your settings look good, JACK is still crashing? Could you post the outcome of cat /proc/interrupts ? And does your soundcard need the 'Force 16bit' option? And did you try setting Periods/Buffer to 2, from my personal experience onboard soundcards work best with this setting. My USB soundcard on the other hand works better with a Periods/Buffer setting of 3. And your mic is muted, maybe unmuting helps? And did you try playing around with the 'Audio' setting in QjackCtl, maybe your soundcard doesn't like Duplex and needs to be set Playback or Capture only. And what if you tick 'Verbose messages' in QjackCtl, could you post the output?

[parece06]

CPU0 CPU1
0: 4271149 0 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 1255 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
8: 1 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 18878 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 887002 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
14: 249689 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix
15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix
16: 37984 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb5, i915
18: 1 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, yenta
19: 3 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, ohci1394
20: 8601 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0, mmc0
22: 78697 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel, tifm_7xx1
23: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2
27: 33420 0 PCI-MSI-edge ahci
28: 728460 0 PCI-MSI-edge iwl3945
NMI: 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 701511 2625247 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 Spurious interrupts
CNT: 0 0 Performance counter interrupts
PND: 0 0 Performance pending work
RES: 730401 787323 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 34 76 Function call interrupts
TLB: 1088 2267 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 58 58 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0




----this is the outcome of the command you had told me to do. also, when i unmuted the alsa mic mixer, jackcontrol started. upon reboot, it doesn't start anymore, even though the alsa mixer still says that my mic is unmuted. I've unticked the force 16 bit option and ticked the verbose message. i've also tried changing the audio mode to duplex, capture, and playback. numerous combinations of ticks and unticks have been tried. can it be that something running in the background is taking priority over alsa or jackcontrol, etc.

[AutoStatic]

Your soundcard shares an IRQ with your cardreader. As long as you don't use the cardreader when working with audio it should be no problem. To completely eliminate the possibility that the cardreader is the bottleneck you could do a sudo modprobe -r tifm_7xx1 (that will unload the cardreader kernel module) and then start JACK again.
And could you also post the outcome of uname -a just to verify the kernel you're using?

[parece06]

hey audiostatic, just want to thank you for your posts. i gave up and think i might've tweaked the settings too much so i just reinstalled ubuntu and download the ubuntu studio audio packages and now jack is running!! i am not using the real time kernel, i was just wondering if it really is worth the possibility of messing up jack and having to install ubuntu again. also, i've got a wireless usb midi keyboard and i'm having a difficult time getting it to work. i've connected the midi port to my zynadd synth and it just doesnt recognize it. ideally, what i would like to do is use hydrogen and the synth to accept my midi keyboard. i then want those to programs to be connected to either rosegarden or ardour. idk if you are familiar with the software part of ubustudio or not. I seem to have gone through every tutorial to connect my midi through jack and have been unsuccessful.