alsa-jack package lacks jackstart command described in man jackd. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.man jackd 2.jackstart 3. Actual Results: kestrel init.d # jackstart -bash: jackstart: command not found Expected Results: execution of jackstart Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.200 41102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 4 2005, 16:17:52)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/ mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/sh are/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/te x/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl emboss enco de esd fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jack java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg my sql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff tls truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux e libc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLA Y
iirc jackstart is only a wrapper for jackd ... it's not needed to run jack ...
the jackstart script is part of 'media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit': lucky@pinky /usr/local/portage-cvs/gentoo-x86 $ equery f jack-audio-connection-k it [ Searching for packages matching jack-audio-connection-kit... ] media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1 * Contents of media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1: /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/jack_bufsize /usr/bin/jack_connect /usr/bin/jack_disconnect /usr/bin/jack_freewheel /usr/bin/jack_impulse_grabber /usr/bin/jack_load /usr/bin/jack_lsp /usr/bin/jack_metro /usr/bin/jack_monitor_client /usr/bin/jack_showtime /usr/bin/jack_simple_client /usr/bin/jack_transport /usr/bin/jack_unload /usr/bin/jackd /usr/bin/jackrec ------------- /usr/bin/jackstart <--- there it is ------------- /usr/include /usr/include/jack /usr/include/jack/jack.h /usr/include/jack/ringbuffer.h /usr/include/jack/thread.h /usr/include/jack/timestamps.h /usr/include/jack/transport.h /usr/include/jack/types.h /usr/lib /usr/lib/jack /usr/lib/jack/inprocess.la /usr/lib/jack/inprocess.so /usr/lib/jack/intime.la /usr/lib/jack/intime.so /usr/lib/jack/jack_alsa.la /usr/lib/jack/jack_alsa.so /usr/lib/jack/jack_dummy.la /usr/lib/jack/jack_dummy.so /usr/lib/jack/jack_oss.la /usr/lib/jack/jack_oss.so /usr/lib/libjack.la /usr/lib/libjack.so -> libjack.so.0.0.23 /usr/lib/libjack.so.0 -> libjack.so.0.0.23 /usr/lib/libjack.so.0.0.23 /usr/lib/pkgconfig /usr/lib/pkgconfig/jack.pc /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1 /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/annotated.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/deprecated.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/doxygen.css /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/doxygen.png /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/files.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/fsm.png /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/functions.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/functions_vars.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals_defs.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals_enum.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals_eval.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals_func.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals_type.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/globals_vars.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/index.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/inprocess_8c.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/jack_8h-source.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/jack_8h.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/mainpage_8dox.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/pages.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/porting-guide.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/porting_8dox.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/ringbuffer_8h-source.htm l /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/ringbuffer_8h.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/simple__client_8c.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/structjack__position__t. html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/structjack__ringbuffer__ data__t.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/structjack__ringbuffer__ t.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/structjack__transport__i nfo__t.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/structport__pair__t.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/thread_8h-source.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/thread_8h.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/transport-design.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/transport_8dox.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/transport_8h-source.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/transport_8h.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/types_8h-source.html /usr/share/doc/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.99.0-r1/html/types_8h.html /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/jackd.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/jackstart.1.gz /var /var/run /var/run/jack /var/run/jack/.keep
On my system it isn't, even when I have jack-audio-connection-kit installed: clock@kestrel:/usr/bin$ ls jackstart ls: jackstart: No such file or directory clock@kestrel:/usr/bin$ emerge -s jack-audio-connection-kit Searching... [ Results for search key : jack-audio-connection-kit ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit Latest version available: 0.99.0-r1 Latest version installed: 0.99.0-r1 Size of downloaded files: 705 kB Homepage: http://jackit.sourceforge.net/ Description: A low-latency audio server License: GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 The only occurence of 'jackstart' in my system is it's manual page: clock@kestrel:/usr/bin$ locate jackstart /usr/share/man/man1/jackstart.1.gz
i see, i re-emerged it and now it's also not available anylonger for me. trying to figure out why it was "lost", working on it.
added a patch to install the jackstart command , again. thanks for reporting
