[LAU] qjackctl gets confused when used through ssh -X

[drew Roberts]

On Sunday 01 November 2009 07:43:14 Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> what doesn't make sense, to me at least, is having two (or more)
> qjackctl instances running against the _same_ jack server. if you do
> that, it will be just a waste of resources and prone to confusion and
> race conditions that you should avoid at all times. again, the single
> instance restriction is just to enforce that wasteful and redundant
> scenario won't happen easily.

Rui, here is one example of why you might want such a thing to be possible.

Say I am at work, I start up qjackctl and start jack. I go home. From home I 
find I have a need to check something, make some changes, whatever to the 
machine at work. I ssh -X in and run qjackctl. The one I left running at work 
is still running, but I want the new one to connect to the same jack that is 
running at work so that I can do what I need from home. Granted, there may be 
issues as to which config trumps which on exit but at least I can make the 
changes I need. I guess the other option would be to kill the current 
qjackctl at work before kicking off the one over the tunnel. Thoughts?

all the best,

drew