Re: [LAD] [Jack-Devel] more jack/qjackctl madness : some comments

On Mon, May 18, 2009 10:15, Nedko Arnaudov wrote:
> "Rui Nuno Capela" <[hidden]> writes:
>
>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 09:17, Nedko Arnaudov wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Using the "dbus ate my babies" matra is causing mess because other
>>> people don't think so. Using dbus interface in qjackctl would fix lot
>>> of this mess and this is the reason I asked Rui about that. Of course
>>> "dbus
>>> ate my babies" ppl would see usage of jackdbus in qjackctl as a bad
>>> thing.
>>>
>>
>> main trouble, imo, is that jackdbus is currently not playing fair game
>> with qjackctl wrt. jackd auto-start functionality.
>>
>> as noted in one my other post, qjackctl always issues
>> jack_client_open() with *JackNoStartServer* option, which explicitly
>> instructs on jack stack for *never* start jackd on its call. apparently,
>> jackdbus lacks this call and starts jackd no matter what, giving us all
>> the "ate my babies" mantra ;)
>>
>>
>> so it seems like just a missing piece in the jackdbus implementation
>> re. the jack api. it this stands true, i guess it should be easily fixed
>> so that future jackdbus and legacy qjackctl can still live on together
>> for many years to come ;)
>
>
> libjack does not start jack server if JackNoStartServer is specified. This
> behaviour is same for both jackd autolaunching and dbus jack server
> starting through activation. Presense of the jackdbus process *DOES NOT
> MEAN* that jack server is started. It looks like fair
> game to me.
>

Nedko, that just doesn't seem to hold against what Fons has been reporting.

are you implying that the jackdbus stack is ignoring any explicit jackd
command line arguments and honoring what is in its own config file ???
imnsho, that's not plain wrong, that's terrorism! it does "ate all your
babies" alright >:(

nuff said?
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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