[SOLVED] Jack server is not running or cannot be started

EDIT:
it seems that the zeroconf systemctl did mess things up afterall. I followed the steps describe here and everything seems to be playing nicely together again…


hi all,

I’m running a freshly installed and updated version of patchbox os, and running into an issue with getting Pd to start. Specifically, I’m getting to following error in the terminal saying that jack can’t be started:

patch@patchbox:~ $ pd
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
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag

and inside of the pd console I see:

opened alsa client 129 in:1 out:1
JACK: Failure.  Is JACK running?

If I i run the patchbox > jack > config and start, restart, or config and reselect my configuration (Device = USB, fs = 44100, buffer size = 512, period = 3), then it boots up fine until the next time restart the system.

The only change made to the os, which I doubt is significant, but who knows, is I had a colleague setup a zeroconf service so I can log in and send osc data to each RPi using a unique alias rather than the IP address (b/c unfortunately, I can’t set a static IP in this situation).

I feel like I’m missing something stupid here, b/c I have and older version of the same project setup on a different RPi that it working fine, but it’s been a long day and my brain is fried, so whatever it is, I can’t seem to figure it out. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I’m missing?

Thanks!
-eric

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