--- FAQ.orig Wed Jul 25 11:22:56 2001 +++ FAQ Mon Feb 4 23:35:44 2002 @@ -2,39 +2,11 @@ FAQ ==== -QQQQ: SoundTracker crashes as soon as I start it or as I press a -button in its window, giving weird X errors. - -a: You don't have thread-safe X libraries (you have a libc5 -system). Read the INSTALL file. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -QQQQ: SoundTracker complains about not being able to open /dev/dsp. - -a: Either you have not configured a sound driver for your system (you -could check that by running an MP3 player or something) - or you are -running GNOME and your soundcard is kept busy by the E Sound Daemon, -which you can get rid of by using "killall esd" in a shell. - -There's also an "ESD" driver in the Audio settings, but it's not -possible to do any serious tracking work because of the delay -introduced by it. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -QQQQ: SoundTracker crashes as soon as I use the menu bar. - -a: You have a too old gtk+. Read the INSTALL file. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QQQQ: The sound output gets quite choppy under machine load. -a1: Don't run the compiled executable directly, but do a full 'make -install', this installs the executable setuid root and the audio -thread gets a much higher priority. Read the notes in the INSTALL file -about this subject. +a1: Assign the soundtracker process a higher user priority (renice). a2: Increase size of mixer buffer in the Preferences section. @@ -47,9 +19,6 @@ scopes. a5: Reduce scopes and patterns update frequency in the Preferences section. - -a6: Install at least glibc2.1.1pre3, this fixed a strange sound bug -for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------