[LAU] Laptop sound problems

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:19:11 +0100, Bill Purvis wrote:
>Hi, I set up my laptop to initiate Calf Plugin (Fluidsynth) and
>Qjackctl at login.
>
>When I then login, I get no sound from various apps.
>[snip]
>I've now disabled Calf and Qjackctl at login and it all works again.
>Can anyone explain what is going on?
>[snip]

Hi,

jackd does use the sound device, so without a workaround (a pulseaudio
or ALSA thingy) apps that don't use jackd, don't have access to the
sound device. Apps that could use jackd, must be connected to jackd,
they not necessarily do this automatically.

Regards,
Ralf