[64studio-devel] latest ISO - should dssi-host-jack be included?

[Steve A]

Thanks Free, that's great that these will be easy to start standalone.

I've uninstalled the package from etch and reinstalled the package from 
testing.

Everything works OK.

steve~


>From: Free Ekanayaka <free at 64studio.com>
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>Subject: Re: latest ISO - should dssi-host-jack be included?
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>Hi Steve,
>
>|--==> Steve A writes:
>
>   SA> hello,
>   SA> This arose while testing hexter.
>
>   SA> The suggested method to get hexter working is to run it under
>   SA> dssi-host-jack (see official hexter readme), note that the package 
>is
>   SA> not a strict dependency for hexter.
>
>   SA> This package is not included out of the box on the latest AMD64
>   SA> ISO. (11th May)
>
>   SA> unless there is another intended way to get hexter running, (under
>   SA> Rosegarden maybe???) it seems that dssi-host-jack is needed if you
>   SA> want to play hexter as a stand-alone instrument.
>
>   SA> For info, after imanually nstalling package dssi-host-jack using
>   SA> synaptic, all is ok when I execute the following sequence:
>
>   SA> 1. start jack
>   SA> 2. $ DSSI_PATH=usr/lib/dssi
>   SA> 3. $ jack-dssi-host hexter.so       > (the GUI then appears)
>   SA> 4 map midi keyboard in jack
>
>Thanks for the report. I've tested the procedure and it works great,
>only the step 2. seems unnecessary, as jack-dssi-host will look there
>anyway.
>
>I've added .desktop files to all the dssi packages, so that it will be
>easier to start them standalone.
>
>Ciao!
>
>Free
>

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