Bug#644976: [supercollider] server fails to start

[Simon Wenner]

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Am 16.10.2011 23:13, schrieb Dan S:
> 2011/10/11 Simon Wenner <simon.wenner at gmail.com>:
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>> Hi,
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>> Ok,I see. Thanks for the quick reply.
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>> I tried it interactively and the error looks the same:
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>> sc3> s.boot;
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>> booting 57110
>> localhost
>> sc3> Cannot connect to server socket err = Connection refused
>> Cannot connect to server socket
>
> OK, I've tested this on a new install (on 32-bit rather than 64-bit,
> but otherwise similar) and I definitely can't reproduce it. Here are
> some reasons why the server might be unable to connect:
> * There might already be a copy of scsynth running (e.g. from a
> previous attempt) -- use top/htop to check, or use "killall scsynth"
> before trying again.
> * There might be some other service blocking the port (the port is
> listed in the output, 57110) -- use netstat -a to check.
> * There might be some firewall program running or suchlike, or some
> unusual network configuration (e.g. no 'localhost')?
>
> If any of them turn out to be what's happening for you, please let us
> know. If anyone else can reproduce please tell us.
>
> Thanks
> Dan

I don't have any other scsynth processes, I have a working 'localhost'
and no firewall.

This bug was caused by Jackd. If yo have a sound chip that is unable
to do full-duplex audio, it just aborts with an assertion
("'port_index < fPortMax' failed"). This is considered a reasonable
behavior for a sound server.

See Bug #646248.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646248

Simon
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