sys-kernel/gentoo-sources is a very nicely patched flavor of the vanilla Linux kernel. The Gentoo patch set contains bug and security fixes, as well as extras, including some extra hardware support and some feature patches. sys-kernel/rt-sources is a vanilla kernel patched with the RT patch. While trying to figure out what driver was missing from the…
May 2018 Changelog
May was a quiet month for Gentoo Studio. I apologize. I have had a lot going on on the home front. PACKAGES ADDED: media-libs/libprojectm-qt copied to overlay from Portage and placed in package.unmask. It it slated for removal from Portage, but Carla still depends on it. media-sound/hydrogen-9999 added to overlay. Portage version now fails due…
Linux Audio Info
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FEEDBACK DURING CONSTRUCTION IS WELCOME. This page is a practical Linux audio information guide. It covers things most users can actually do/check to improve their Linux audio computers. System configuration Hardware Groups and permissions Real-time (RT) kernel JACK Basic software setup Desktop environment JACK control Suggestions for basic recording and…
March 2018 Update
First, I am changing the title of these posts from “changelog” to “update.” It just makes more sense, since it’s more than a simple changelog. Second, having a moment of weird paranoia where it seems like at least two things I could have sworn were in the GentooStudio overlay are now not there. I noticed…
February 2018 Changelog
INSTALLER CHANGES: Installer now sets MAKEOPTS for you. This is the variable that tells Portage how many parallel operations to perform, and should be equal to the number of CPU cores in your system. PACKAGES REMOVED: media-sound/cadence::GentooStudio. Cadence is now in audio-overlay, no need for duplicates. media-sound/jack2::GentooStudio: The Gentoo version now supports Firewire so the…
January 2018 Changelog
MAKE.CONF CHANGES: PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET changed from python2_7 to python3_4. Anything needing python2_7 will be set in package.use. PACKAGES REMOVED: media-video/smplayer. VLC is the default media player for Gentoo Studio. Users wanting (s)mplayer can emerge it after install. This also helps keep the tarball size down by only having one default media player. app-emulation/wine. This package was…
Troubleshooting
Ardour tips Since Ardour support can be… annoying, I thought I’d start posting tips and workarounds here, in no particular order. Feel free to submit any of your own via Discord. First and foremost: If you’re looking for something for serious MIDI editing and arrangement, Ardour is not your guy. I very much get the…
Updating
To update decibel Linux, run the following in a terminal, as root: > eix-sync > emerge -uDN –keep-going –with-bdeps=y –backtrack=250 @system @world > smart-live-rebuild > emerge –depclean > revdep-rebuild Depending on what gets updated and how many updates there are, this could take a while. Plan on running updates when you are not using your…
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