Re: [Jack-Devel] jackd vs. dbus for embedded systems

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DateFri, 15 Nov 2013 22:04:00 +0100
From Robin Gareus <[hidden] at gareus dot org>
ToFernando Lopez-Lezcano <[hidden] at ccrma dot Stanford dot EDU>
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In-Reply-ToFernando Lopez-Lezcano [Jack-Devel] jackd vs. dbus for embedded systems 
On 11/15/2013 09:20 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> Hey, quick question...
> 
> In an embedded system where X is not running and jackd is compiled with
> dbus support I cannot start jackd (because dbus is not happy about not
> having X around).
> 
> I know, I know, I should build jackd without dbus and everyone would be
> happy :-)
> 
> But in a distro that has jackd already compiled with dbus support, and
> as a user, I would love to have a -nodbus command line option that would
> make jackd work in both cases without rebuilding. Is that possible?
> 

as a workaround you can set the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment
variable. Info and example can be found at
http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/raspberrypi

As for a --nodbus commandline-option; this has been requested a couple
of times in the past. But I did not follow the discussion so I cannot
comment on that.

best,
robin
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