Thanks Paul. I did install but the problem persists. I am getting this error now
18:37:51.182 Patchbay deactivated.
18:37:51.196 Statistics reset.
18:37:51.214 ALSA connection change.
18:37:51.229 D-BUS: Service is available (org.jackaudio.service aka jackdbus).
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
18:37:51.237 ALSA connection graph change.
18:37:54.684 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
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: Starting jack server…
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Cannot lock down 82274202 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)e[0m
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: control device hw:0
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: control device hw:0
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio0 error : Method “RequestRelease” with signature “i” on interface “org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1” doesn’t exist
e[0m
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Audio device hw:0 cannot be acquired…e[0m
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Cannot initialize drivere[0m
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1e[0m
Mon Dec 10 18:37:54 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Failed to open servere[0m
Mon Dec 10 18:37:56 2012: Saving settings to “/home/suhel/.config/jack/conf.xml” …
18:38:02.161 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
I am very new to Ubuntu. I have installed Ardour in my PC. But I am getting the same error which everyone gets that JACK is not getting started. I have tried all the solutions provided. Please help. I tried to start JACK and got this message
17:11:13.052 Patchbay deactivated.
17:11:13.053 Statistics reset.
17:11:13.065 ALSA connection change.
17:11:13.077 D-BUS: Service is available (org.jackaudio.service aka jackdbus).
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
17:11:13.089 ALSA connection graph change.
17:11:14.623 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
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: Starting jack server…
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Cannot lock down 82274202 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)e[0m
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: control device hw:0
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: control device hw:0
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio0 error : Method “RequestRelease” with signature “i” on interface “org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1” doesn’t exist
e[0m
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Audio device hw:0 cannot be acquired…e[0m
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Cannot initialize drivere[0m
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1e[0m
Mon Dec 10 17:11:14 2012: e[1me[31mERROR: Failed to open servere[0m
Mon Dec 10 17:11:16 2012: Saving settings to “/home/suhel/.config/jack/conf.xml” …
17:17:47.555 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