[LAU] running jackd from rc.local

[Athanasios Silis]

Hi Len,
unfortunately the .desktop file is not good for me.
it is only run after I have logged in, whereas I want my script to be
started as me, but before I log in.
Is there a way to achieve that, without resorting to autologin ?

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015, Athanasios Silis wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>> I am trying to run jackd instance from /etc/rc.local (along with a few
>> other
>> applications) from a custom made init script.
>>
>> The system is ubuntustudio and I have setup everything to have elevated
>> permissions when executing applications from the @audio group.
>>
>
> 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
>
>
> Change the Exec to point to a script if you want to add config options, or
> use jackd instead of jack_control if you don't care about PA-jack bridging.
>
> This will have jack runnning from login.
>
> If you want to headless operation then have rc.local do it as the user
> that will run this stuff.
>
> --
> Len Ovens
> www.ovenwerks.net
>
>
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