[LAU] running jackd from rc.local

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Fri Apr 17 14:24:04 UTC 2015


On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:10:00 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote:
>Are you really wanting to run audio while you are logged out? It would
>be much easier to add a desktop file to ~/.config/autostart/ Like 
>jackstart.desktop with something like:
>
>[Desktop Entry]
>Encoding=UTF-8
>Version=0.9.4
>Type=Application
>Name=AutoJack
>Comment=Jackdbus starter
>Exec=jack_control start
>StartupNotify=false
>Terminal=false
>Hidden=false

This file automatically gets generated, if the OP does use Xfce4's
xfce4-session-settings to add the script:

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:19:10 +0200
From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
To: jack-devel at lists.jackaudio.org
Subject: Re: [Jack-Devel] alsa_* device or resource is busy


On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:38:36 +0200, Adrian Knoth wrote:
>Just run your script from the usual XDG directories (or however your
>distro implements autostart).  

Likely the default DE for Ubuntu Studio still is XFCE4. If so, the OP
could run xfce4-session-settings, likely also available by the main
menu.

xfce4-session-settings -> tab "Application Autostart" -> "+ Add"


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