May 2006 - Musix-users - lists.ourproject.org

Musix 0.40 released!
by Marcos Guglielmetti Gmail 30 May '06

30 May '06

Musix 0.40 released! Thanks to the support of the Ututo Proyect, FSF, Ourproject, and to the usual collaborators, the Musix project has just released Musix 0.40, whose programs were tested for over 2 months, time that allowed to solve all kind of problems over Musix 0.39, and to make the more relevant software updates. 0.40 can be consider the more stable and functional Musix version until now, and its use is recommendable in the long term. Musix 0.49 will be an extremely updated version, hopping to support new hardware. When Musix reaches version 1.0 at the beginning of 2007, the stability of the system will be optimal, mainly because the package repository of the Debian/testing distribution will be frozen, that is to say, stable, so the users of Musix will not have problems when trying to install new software. Musix counts with its own software package repository that has been growing. It is hoped to incorporate new software nonavailable in Debian, like mplayer or cinelerra (video edition). The Musix project has offered several speeches in different institutions during 2005 and 2006, affirming the commitment with the diffusion of free software among musicians, sound engineers and users in general. Important programs/packages updated * Ardour 0.99.2 (some bugs fixed, last stable version) * Hydrogen Drum Machine 0.9.3 * Hwdata 0.177-1 (better hardware detection, specially video) * Freewheeling 0.5.1 (fweelin-0.5.1_0.5.1-1_i386.deb) * Rox-Filer 2.4.1-1 (file manager and desktop icons) * Zynaddsubfx 2.2.1-4 New programs/packages installed * Rosegarden 1.2.3 (Musix 039 and 040 are the only distros with this new version!) * Mixxx 1.4.2-1 (Digital Disc Jockey Interface) * Cecilia 2.0.5-2 * Csound 4.23f13 * guidedog 1.0.0-3 (routing) * guarddog 2.5.0-1 (firewall) * jackeq 0.4.0-2 (simple EQ for JACK) * echomixer - control tool for Echoaudio soundcards * envy24control - control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based soundcards * hdspconf - GUI program to control the Hammerfall HDSP Alsa Settings * hdspmixer - advanced routing features control of the RME Hammerfall DSP * rmedigicontrol - control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 soundcards Packages removed * libncurses5-dev and its dependencies * libx11-dev and its dependencies * kernel 2.6.15.2 Others changes * Spanish Documentation about Ardour * kernel 2.6.15.2 was replaced by 2.6.11 of Musix 0.31 to achive more compatibility with SATA disks * The others kernels of Musix 0.40: 2.6.15.4, 2.6.13, 2.6.15.3-rt still remain * Several scripts were created and improved to make more easy the use of the system * A new script that can change the themes for the rox-filer desktop * Isolinux screenboot was modified (logo.16) * Wallpapers from Jorge Salgueiro were added * Some new presets for Jamin were added from Gilberto Borges (~/.jamin) Solved problems Generally speaking, this problems has been solved: * KDM (desktop manager) takes too long to launch, solved * After updated GTK, some desktop icons disappear, solved * After the installation, the system reboots Ok Known problems in Musix 0.40 * The new Rosegarden 1.2.3 (Musix is the only distro with this version) crashes when trying to record audio. We will soon inform how to solve it * It is probable that the installation in some SATA hard disks may not possible (test) * It is probable that the no-root users does not inherit the configuration of the Musix's desktop. This is solved with 2 commands in text console (terminal), just type: mkdir ~/.config cp -Rp /root/.config/* ~/.config Next version, Musix 0.49 * Musix 0,49 will have the new version of ALSA, 1.0.11 , which solves hundreds of bugs and incorporates new functionalities and support for sound plates * Hundreds of software packages will be updated ( 459 until now) * Kernel 2.6.16-beyond4.1 could be the default one for this version. This kernel already can be installed along with the new ALSA drivers from the Musix repository (apt-get update && apt-get -y install alsa-modules-2.6.16-beyond4.1 linux-image-2.6.16-beyond4.1) * It is hoped to be released in a few days -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * Descarga el CD de Musix: (www.musix.org.ar) (www.pc-musica.com.ar/musix) * Videos, programas y otras cosas en: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/

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Re: Musix-Live
by Marcos Guglielmetti Gmail 26 May '06

26 May '06

Hola tafkad: > Dear Marcos, > I have recently started to explore the world of Linux for music > recording as I want to stop using Windows. I have tried many > Live-CD's and still have yet to find one that convinces me to install > it rather than just test. The most recent I have tried is the Musix > GNU+Linux 0.39 cd and I must say so far this is the one that has > almost convinced me. I am very glad! > I don't know who to talk to about this project > and I am hoping it is you :] Yes, we also have a mailing list https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/musix-users > I have an RME Digiface soundcard and > found that it just was not working quite right with this release. I > was able to record audio into Aurdor, however playback just can not > be heard and none of the Jack configuring I do helps as none of the > provided mixers seem to like my soundcard, with all of the mixers not > showing the correct amount of fader controls (only 1 fader shows up > and does not help). Yes: sorry, no one tried with this soundcard before, you will have to install the mixer, it's easy > I was wondering if a future release can include > the RME mixer/settings software that I have found on some of the > other Live-CD's? Sure: but you can install it now: Into a root console (terminal), type apt-get update apt-get install alsa-tools-gui And then you will have: hdspconf - GUI program to control the Hammerfall HDSP Alsa Settings. hdspmixer - tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME Hammerfall DSP. rmedigicontrol - control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 soundcards > I was realy hoping this release would be a positive > experiance as it is the 1st one I have found with the updated > RealTime enabled 2.6 kernel. I actualy bought the RME card for the > purpose of using it with linux, but must admit I know very little > about the linux environment. Right now I use Logic Audio to work with > but know that someday Linux will have stable VST support and be the > OS of choice for me. I'd like to say thanks to all who have > contributed to the Musix project and wish the best of luck in the > future. Take care and peace -scott Cheers! -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * Descarga el CD de Musix: (www.musix.org.ar) (www.pc-musica.com.ar/musix) * Videos, programas y otras cosas en: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/

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ayuda a alguien que escribe en English (no conecta internet)
by Marcos Guglielmetti Gmail 26 May '06

26 May '06

http://www.pc-musica.com.ar/foromusix/viewtopic.php?t=160 Responder aquí o en el Foro burned an ISO image of Musix and to my pleasent surprise everything for the most part worked (first linux distro I could get most things to work), sound, mouse, picture, etc. on my intel EM64T dual-core processor. (currently running Ubuntu on my older PC, and I could get Scientific Linux to load but no sound and mouse wouldn't work) Musix works great except for I couldn't connect to the internet with Firefox. If anybody could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Question ............. Lorenzo Invitado Mensaje nuevoPublicado: 26 May 2006 08:16 am Asunto: Responder citando Editar/Borrar este mensaje Borrar este mensaje Ver IP del autor Ok thanks. Took some time but I was in a very busy period Smile pcinfo: CPU0 0: 193852 IO-APIC-edge [........N/ 0] pit 1: 49 IO-APIC-edge [........./ 0] i8042 8: 5 IO-APIC-edge [........./ 0] rtc 10: 22 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] acpi 12: 132 IO-APIC-edge [........./ 0] i8042 14: 264 IO-APIC-edge [........./ 0] ide0 15: 16054 IO-APIC-edge [........./ 0] ide1 16: 14 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] yenta, yenta 17: 0 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] ohci_hcd:usb1 18: 1637 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] ohci_hcd:usb2 19: 3 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] ohci1394, eth1 20: 0 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] SiS SI7013 Modem, SiS SI7012 21: 2 IO-APIC-level [........./ 0] ehci_hcd:usb3 NMI: 0 LOC: 38 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 _________________________________________ CPUINFO processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 36 model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MT-32 stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 798.275 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm bogomips : 1596.90 _________________________________________ snd-page-alloc pages : 204800 bytes (50 pages per 4kB) _________________________________________ MEMINFO _________________________________________ Placas de sonido reconocidas por el sistema _________________________________________ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [SI7012 ]: ICH - SiS SI7012 SiS SI7012 with VIA1612A at 0xe800, irq 20 1 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - SiS SI7013 Modem SiS SI7013 Modem at 0xe400, irq 20 cat /proc/isapnp >>/tmp/pcinfo.txt _________________________________________ HWSETUP --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]|K8 NorthBridge --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]|K8 NorthBridge --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]|K8 NorthBridge --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]|K8 NorthBridge --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: prism54 desc: Unknown vendor|Generic prism54 device --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: O2 Micro, Inc.|unknown device 1217:7110 --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: snd-intel8x0m desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|Intel 537 [56k Winmodem] not loading module snd-intel8x0m (is in blacklist) --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|5513 [IDE] --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: i2c-sis96x desc: Unknown vendor|Generic i2c-sis96x device --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|unknown device 1039:0963 --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: Server:XF86_SVGA desc: SG86C201 SG86C202 --- class: OTHER bus: USB device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Linux 2.6.15.4 ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller --- class: OTHER bus: USB device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Linux 2.6.15.4 ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller --- class: OTHER bus: USB device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Linux 2.6.15.4 ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller --- class: OTHER bus: PCI device: (null) driver: unknown desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|unknown device 1039:0760 --- class: NETWORK bus: PCI device: eth driver: sis900 desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|SiS900 10/100 Ethernet write config(/etc/sysconfig/netcard) update config(/etc/sysconfig/knoppix) --- class: MOUSE bus: USB device: input/mice driver: mousedev desc: USB Mouse write config(/etc/sysconfig/mouse) update config(/etc/sysconfig/knoppix) symlink(/dev/input/mice,/dev/mouse) --- class: MOUSE bus: PSAUX device: psaux driver: msintellips/2 desc: Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse symlink(/dev/psaux,/dev/mouse1) --- class: AUDIO bus: PCI device: (null) driver: i810_audio desc: Intel Corporation|82440MX AC97 Audio Controller write config(/etc/sysconfig/sound) update config(/etc/sysconfig/knoppix) --- class: CDROM bus: IDE device: hdc driver: ignore desc: _NEC DVD+/-RW ND-6500A symlink(/dev/hdc,/dev/cdrom) --- class: VIDEO bus: PCI device: (null) driver: sisfb desc: Unknown vendor|Generic sisfb device write config(/etc/sysconfig/xserver) update config(/etc/sysconfig/knoppix) --- class: HD bus: IDE device: hda driver: ignore desc: TOSHIBA MK6025GAS --- class: USB bus: PCI device: (null) driver: ehci-hcd desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|USB 2.0 Controller --- class: USB bus: PCI device: (null) driver: usb-ohci desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|USB 1.0 Controller --- class: USB bus: PCI device: (null) driver: usb-ohci desc: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|USB 1.0 Controller --- class: UNKNOWN bus: PCI device: (null) driver: yenta_socket desc: O2 Micro, Inc.|unknown device 1217:7114 --- class: UNKNOWN bus: PCI device: (null) driver: yenta_socket desc: O2 Micro, Inc.|unknown device 1217:7114 --- class: UNKNOWN bus: PCI device: (null) driver: ohci1394 desc: Texas Instruments|TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) _________________________________________ ESPACIO_USADO_LIBRE Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /ramdisk 744M 12K 744M 1% /ramdisk /dev/hdc 685M 685M 0 100% /cdrom /dev/cloop 1.7G 1.7G 0 100% /KNOPPIX /dev/ramdisk 474M 8.7M 466M 2% /root /dev/ramdisk 474M 0 474M 0% /dev/shm /dev/ramdisk 474M 0 474M 0% /var/tmp /dev/hda1 50G 15G 35G 30% /mnt/hda1 /dev/hda5 2.1G 4.0K 2.1G 1% /mnt/hda5 _________________________________________ Modulos ALSA cargados snd_intel8x0 30492 0 snd_intel8x0m 16652 0 snd_ac97_codec 82592 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m snd_ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 46496 0 snd_mixer_oss 16256 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 80516 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 22404 1 snd_pcm snd 49892 7 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9824 2 i810_audio,snd snd_page_alloc 9992 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm _________________________________________ Modulos OSS cargados soundcore 9824 2 i810_audio,snd _________________________________________ Linux Musix 2.6.15.4 #1 PREEMPT Fri Feb 24 20:48:31 EET 2006 i686 GNU/Linux plus this is what I get for eth1 when I try the configuration with kdewifimanager: eth1 NOT READY! ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=31 dBm Sensitivity=0/200 Retry min limit:0 RTS thr=0 B Fragment thr=0 B Encryption key:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 Hope you can help me Thanks Lorenzo Volver arriba Lorenzo Invitado Mensaje nuevoPublicado: 26 May 2006 08:22 am Asunto: Wireless card Responder citando Editar/Borrar este mensaje Borrar este mensaje Ver IP del autor Also (info from Windows)... the wirless card is an integrated: "Conexant System" Wireless LAN. Prism 802.11g Adapter Volver arriba -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * Descarga el CD de Musix: (www.musix.org.ar) (www.pc-musica.com.ar/musix) * Videos, programas y otras cosas en: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/

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Musix 0.40 podría estar terminado para el 1º de Junio
by Marcos Guglielmetti Gmail 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hola a todos, Yo casi termino con las tareas pendientes... el testeo de Musix 0.39 por mi parte y por parte de mucha gente es mayormente satisfactorio. * Estuve usando Musix 0.39 como usuario normal (no root) más que nada en el kernel 2.6.13 y no tuve ningún problemas hasta ahora, funciona igual que como usuario root. - El nuevo Rosegarden 1.2.3 (única distro que lo tiene) produce un crash al intentar grabar audio... pero, qué le vamos a hacer, ya sabrá alguien cómo resolver eso, y no vamos a volver atrás a la versión 1.0, que tenía unos cuantos bugs, me parece. * Los fondos de pantalla de Jorge están muy buenos, y casi terminados: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=39726 * Lo único que dudo es si incluir un nuevo kernel (2.6.16.x, lo cual costaría bastante trabajo y el problema de que no estaría bien testeado) o dejar los que ya están, pero por ahora lo que hice fue incluir el viejo 2.6.11 porque hay gente que reportó que pudo instalar Musix 0.31 en discos SATA, y Musix 0.31 tenía el kernel 2.6.11.... así que ahora tengo una versión de Musix 0.40b11 que puede arrancar desde 2.6.11 predeterminadamente, o elegir el 2.6.15.4 realtime si el usuario lo desea.. El único problema con eso es que al instalar, no sé exactamente por qué razón, el initrd funciona bien para los kernels 2.6.15.3 y 2.6.13... una vez que inicias desde alguno de esos, se crean correctamente los initrd de 2.6.11 y 2.6.15. Entonces algunos usuarios se sentirán confundidos al ver que, apenas reinician luego de instalar, se produce un kernel panic con el 2.6.11 que es la opción predeterminada... de todos modos incluí carteles de advertencia durante la instalación que explican por qué iniciar desde un kernel 2.6.13 o 2.6.15.3 en un principio. * Tendría sentido actualizar alsa a 1.0.11, pero llevaría mucho tiempo, salvo que alguien quiera compilar los módulos alsa para al menos el kernel 2.6.13... esos nuevos módulos resolverían unos cuandos bugs con placas de sonido y darían soporte a las más modernas... pero no estará alsa 1.0.11 en el kernel hasta la versión del kernel 2.6.17, así que no queda otra que compilar los módulos si queremos actualizar, pero no tengo experiencia en esos modulos. --------- Bien, en realidad ya estaría todo listo para terminar Musix 0.40 ¿Qué les parece fijar el 1º de Junio como fecha final? - Si alguien tiene algún reporte sobre fallos o sugerencias para la próxima versión, que aproveche ahora, quizá podamos trabajar en eso en el tiempito que queda hasta principios de Junio - No creo que podamos traducir el manual al inglés rápidamente, así que eso queda para futuras versiones, y se hace lo que se puede. *Quedan 5mb de espacio en el archivo ISO por si a alguien se le ocurre agregar alguna aplicación nueva. * Lista _parcial_ de cambios para Musix 0.40 (diferencias con respecto a 0.39) (24-may-2005) = Programas/paquetes importantes actualizados = * Ardour 0.99.2 (algunos bugs resueltos, última versión estable) * Hydrogen Drum Machine 0.9.3 * Hwdata 0.177-1 (mejora en la la detección de hardware, sobre todo de video) * Freewheeling 0.5.1 (fweelin-0.5.1_0.5.1-1_i386.deb) * Rox-Filer 2.4.1-1 (administrador de archivos e iconos de escritorio) * Zynaddsubfx 2.2.1-4 = Nuevos programas/paquetes instalados = * Mixxx 1.4.2-1 (Digital Disc Jockey Interface) * Cecilia 2.0.5-2 * Csound 4.23f13 * guidedog 1.0.0-3 (routing) * guarddog 2.5.0-1 (firewall) * jackeq 0.4.0-2 (ecualizador simple para JACK) * Documentación en castellano sobre Ardour = Paquetes removidos = libncurses5-dev y sus dependencias libx11-dev y sus dependencias (27mb) kernel 2.6.15.2 = Varios = * Se reemplazó el kernel 2.6.15.2 por el 2.6.11 de Musix 0.31 para lograr mayor compatiblidad con discos SATA en el momento de instalación en disco duro * Se mantienen los otros kernels de Musix 0.40: 2.6.15.4, 2.6.13, 2.6.15.3-rt * Se mejoraron y crearon varios scripts para facilitar el uso del sistema * Se creó un script cambiador de temas para el escritorio rox-filer * Se modificó el screen de booteo isolinux (logo.16) * Se incorporaron los wallpapers de Jorge Salgueiro * Se incorporaron presets para Jamin de parte de Gilberto Borges (~/.jamin) = problemas resueltos = De modo general, se solucionaron los siguientes problemas: * Inicio lento en KDM, resuelto * Desaparición de iconos en el escritorio luego de actualizar GTK, resuelto -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * Descarga el CD de Musix: (www.musix.org.ar) (www.pc-musica.com.ar/musix) * Videos, programas y otras cosas en: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/

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Hello list!
by Sean Edwards 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hello list! I have been using Musix 3.1 for several weeks now, and am very happy with the project in general. Does someone know of some documentation about how to upgrade to 3.9 via Synaptic? Much appreciated, -=cybersean3000(a)yahoo.com=- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Hello list!
by Sean Edwards 18 May '06

18 May '06

Hello list! I have been using Musix 3.1 for several weeks now, and am very happy with the project in general. Does someone know of some documentation about how to upgrade to 3.9 via Synaptic? Much appreciated, -=cybersean3000(a)yahoo.com=- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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