"JACK server could not be started" when using Qjackctl

Question

I have a problem when I try to connect my guitar to my computer, via line input. Audacity works well, and I can record what I play on my guitar (selecting from Preferences from where to record to default:line0). But the problem is in Qjackctl : at first when I click on start it shows this error:

error 1

after that when I click on Cancel it gives this error:

error 2

This is the log from the messages window:

10:30:37.368 Patchbay deactivated.
10:30:37.416 Statistics reset.
10:30:37.459 ALSA connection change.
10:30:37.497 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
10:30:37.512 ALSA connection graph change.
10:30:44.060 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
Sat Dec 1 10:30:43 2012: Starting jack server...
Sat Dec 1 10:30:43 2012: JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: control device hw:0
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: control device hw:0
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to acquire device name : Audio0 error : Method "RequestRelease" with signature "i" on interface "org.freedesktop.ReserveDevice1" doesn't exist
[0m
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: [1m[31mERROR: Audio device hw:0 cannot be acquired...[0m
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: [1m[31mERROR: Cannot initialize driver[0m
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: [1m[31mERROR: JackServer::Open failed with -1[0m
Sat Dec 1 10:30:44 2012: [1m[31mERROR: Failed to open server[0m
Sat Dec 1 10:30:45 2012: Saving settings to "/home/gevorg/.config/jack/conf.xml" ...
10:31:11.438 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

Now I can't understand what my problem is.

I tried the command lines: pulseaudio --kill jack_control start and I got a message: "DBus exception: org.jackaudio.Error.Generic: Failed to open server" What could be the problem? — , Mar 29 '13 at 18:44
Came here looking for the answer to very similar question, but it turns out that my USB guitar-link cable was unplugged, and plugging it back in, ensured that this error doesn't pop. — bdutta74, Dec 22 '15 at 03:59

score 58 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 13 '17 at 02:33

58

None of these solved my problem. This did: http://dpod.kakelbont.ca/2015/08/16/fixing-qjackctl

In a terminal start qjackctl:
qjackctl
Before you try to start it, click the Setup button in the GUI (right-hand side, middle).

On the setup GUI change Input Device and Output Device (middle, right-hand side) from (default) to hw:PCH (In the screenshot one has been changed and the other has not).

Restart qJackCtl. You should now be able to successfully use the Start button.

edited Jul 13 '17 at 02:33

karel

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answered Jul 12 '17 at 19:42

pwr

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You are my savior. I tried all the mess with killing pulseaudio and restarting jack_control - all in vain. But your solution worked! – user3804598 Dec 10 '17 at 13:46
You are my life savior! – Zack Lee Sep 21 '18 at 13:26
This is the recommended method according to JackAudio.org Option #4: – xtrchessreal Jan 07 '19 at 19:02
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worked when nothing else did – Kris Oct 28 '19 at 23:01
That works, but why? I used to have "default" as interface, instead of manually selecting the device. Now I need to explicitly give the device. On Gnome. – Gauthier Dec 29 '20 at 20:25

score 31 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '13 at 19:06

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Try this from the command line:

pulseaudio --kill  
jack_control  start

Then when your done do this:

jack_control exit  
pulseaudio --start

And sometimes jack wont die, so then do

Get jackd's PID:

ps -aux | grep jackd  
kill -9 jacksPID

edited Mar 29 '13 at 19:06

Seth

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answered Dec 23 '12 at 21:42

null_radix

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sorry for late response, but when i try jack_control strt it brings error: --- start DBus exception: org.jackaudio.Error.Generic: Failed to open server – hingev Jan 03 '13 at 12:12
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The issue with this is that pulseaudio aggressively restarts. – Pointy Feb 18 '13 at 22:24
Oh my goodness, thank you so so much. This is fairly useful in the context of running Overtone and Chuck – Ehtesh Choudhury Aug 01 '13 at 06:19
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geoh why did the error stop for you, did you change something in the above command? I'm stuck with the same issue when I try this solution. – TenLeftFingers Nov 22 '14 at 13:51
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pasuspender qjackctl suspends pulseaudio so that jack can be started – Alexander Sep 09 '18 at 08:57

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited May 21 '14 at 20:06

10

I made it and solved:

sudo killall -9 jackdbus

edited May 21 '14 at 20:06

BuZZ-dEE

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answered May 21 '14 at 19:48

Gleriston Sampaio

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
This worked for me and is the only answer I've found that actually made sense according to the error messages ERROR: cannot register object path "/org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio0": A handler is already registered for /org/freedesktop/ReserveDevice1/Audio0

Thank you again!
– Jesse the Wind Wanderer Oct 13 '15 at 10:30

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 14 '16 at 20:45

6

I solved the error d-bus jack server could not be started by deleting

~/.config/rncbc.org/QjackCtl.conf

and restarting qjackctl. In my case, I had messed up the settings, and it was stored in this file.

edited Nov 14 '16 at 20:45

Zanna

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answered Nov 14 '16 at 20:30

bepositivefresh

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Fixed it for me in Fedora. – Forivin Dec 01 '17 at 10:14
This worked for me as well. – Kris Apr 12 '19 at 20:46

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 31 '16 at 01:46

There are a lot of relevant explanations here:

http://jackaudio.org/faq/pulseaudio_and_jack.html

I have solved my problem after prefixing the server path with pasuspend -- and choosing the appropriate Interface (upper right corner) to the right sound device in my system, by clicking the > symbol and choosing from the list.

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 02 '16 at 18:02

2

I used sudo killall -9 jackdbus

Then sudo qjackctl

That worked! But i don't get any sound and can't get my ffado mixer to run after that.

edited Feb 02 '16 at 18:02

waltinator

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answered Feb 02 '16 at 15:06

Jehy

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 25 '14 at 10:27

1

Running QJackCtl from commandline as root user fixed the issue for me.

sudo qjackctl

answered Jan 25 '14 at 10:27

livinston

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2

I run "sudo qjackctl" and my Ubuntu has frozen. Had to hard reset my pc. – user3804598 Dec 10 '17 at 12:50
1

Same issue, my Linux Mint PC completely frozen with this command. I had to CTRL+ALT+F1 sudo pkill qjackctl – Fabio Iotti Jul 02 '19 at 18:39

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Dec 02 '17 at 22:59

0

Step 1. View audio cards

cat /proc/asound/cards

(view audio cards)

Step 2:

pulseaudio --kill

Step 3:

qjackctl

In GUI find Interface:[default] and choose relevant audio card

Press play |>

Step 4:

Run process requiring jackd (in my case, sonic-pi) then, when you're all done...

Step 5:

pulseaudio --start

This is sort of a mashup of the previous answers, but it worked for me while none of the single answers did. It helped me to read a little about the differences between pulseaudio and jackd.

I hope this helps!

edited Dec 02 '17 at 22:59

Zanna

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answered Oct 14 '17 at 02:39

plvankam

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Does not work on my bullseye debian. Same problem as in original question. Also tried pasuspender because I noticed with ps -aux | grep pulseaudio that pulseaudio still runs after step 2 - also failed. Is it possible, that in 2021 the whole thing works entirely different? jack and pulseaudio seem to be conflicting - and redudant. A 2021 update on how to get tools like Rosegarden to work would be highly appreciated. – BitTickler Jun 02 '21 at 18:51

"JACK server could not be started" when using Qjackctl

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