8 Sep
2020
8 Sep
'20
1:49 p.m.
Source code and binaries for linux/windows/osx here:
https://github.com/kmatheussen/KillJack
BACKGROUND
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The Jack server sometimes crashes/freezes in ways which make users
restart the computer in order to use Jack again.
Users don't really have to restart the computer, but googling the
problem and finding a solution could take more time than restarting.
This is not very user friendly.
The problem exists on all platforms. It's not a bug in Jack per se,
it's how the program reacts when a client misbehave in certain ways.
ABOUT
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This program kills Jack unconditionally. Executables for Linux, MacOS,
and Windows are provided. I strongly recommend that all programs using
Jack includes a program like this.
A better solution would be if Jack ran a watchdog, but it currently doesn't.
You are allowed to distribute this program any way you want. [1]
[1] Note that there might be copyright issues with the icon and the
quotes from the movie.