Public bug reported: There is a bug in Pulseaudio that makes it hard for jack to grab the audio device from pulseaudio. Apperently this bug is fixed in 3.0
There is some methods to get it to work while avaiting the release: * using the tool pasuspender, like so: pasuspender -- sleep 30 * turning of pulseaudio autospawn, and killing pulseaudio. Jackd error output: Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: Starting jack server... Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10 Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot lock down 82274202 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)[0m Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: control device hw:0 Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: control device hw:0 Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio0 error : Method "RequestRelease" with signature "i" on interface "org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1" doesn't exist [0m Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Audio device hw:0 cannot be acquired...[0m Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot initialize driver[0m Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: [1m[31mERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1[0m Tue Feb 26 20:01:59 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to open server[0m Tue Feb 26 20:02:00 2013: Saving settings to "/home/haaken/.config/jack/conf.xml" ... 20:02:11.229 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Unable to connect to server. Please check the messages window for more info. Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started 20:10:31.231 D-BUS: JACK server could not be started. Sorry Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started Tue Feb 26 20:10:30 2013: Starting jack server... Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10 Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot lock down 82274202 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)[0m Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: control device hw:0 Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: control device hw:0 Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio0 error : Method "RequestRelease" with signature "i" on interface "org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1" doesn't exist [0m Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Audio device hw:0,4 cannot be acquired...[0m Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot initialize driver[0m Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: [1m[31mERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1[0m Tue Feb 26 20:10:31 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to open server[0m Tue Feb 26 20:10:33 2013: Saving settings to "/home/haaken/.config/jack/conf.xml" ... 20:10:36.416 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Unable to connect to server. Please check the messages window for more info. Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started 20:14:37.491 D-BUS: JACK server could not be started. Sorry Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: Starting jack server... Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10 Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot lock down 82274202 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)[0m Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: control device hw:0 Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: control device hw:0 Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio0 error : Method "RequestRelease" with signature "i" on interface "org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1" doesn't exist [0m Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Audio device hw:0,4 cannot be acquired...[0m Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot initialize driver[0m Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: [1m[31mERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1[0m Tue Feb 26 20:14:37 2013: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to open server[0m Tue Feb 26 20:14:38 2013: Saving settings to "/home/haaken/.config/jack/conf.xml" ... 20:14:41.599 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Unable to connect to server. Please check the messages window for more info. Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started ** Affects: jack-audio-connection-kit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1144441 Title: Please upgrade to pulseaudio 3.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jack-audio-connection-kit/+bug/1144441/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs