Am Montag, 18. Februar 2008 17:54:33 schrieb Dave Phillips: hi that is what I do: #!/bin/bash if ps xa | grep -v grep | grep "jackd " >/dev/null ; then if ! ps xa | grep -v grep | grep "qjackctl" >/dev/null ; then pidjackd=`pidof jackd` kill -TERM "$pidjackd" sleep 1 qjackctl &>/dev/null & sleep 1 fi else if ps xa | grep -v grep | grep "qjackctl" >/dev/null ; then pidqjack=`pidof qjackctl` kill -TERM "$pidqjack" sleep 1 qjackctl &>/dev/null & sleep 1 else qjackctl &>/dev/null & sleep 1 fi fi # this part check if jackd is start prop cekz=0 cek=`pidof jackd` while [ "$cek" = "" -a $cekz -lt 4 ]; do if [ "$cek" = "" ]; then cekz=`expr $cekz + 1` sleep 2 cek=`pidof jackd` fi done # this part start applications if jackd run if [ "$1" != "" -a $cekz -lt 5 ]; then while [ "$1" != "" ]; do $1 &>/dev/null & # sleep 5 # if apps start to fast uncoment this shift done fi with this script I start all my Audio/Midi apps. I have add it to the menuentry`s like that: /path/to/script rosegarden qsynth vkeybd or /path/to/script ardour qjacktuner reegards hermann

On Feb 18, 2008 11:54 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote: JACK_PID=`ps --no-headers -o pid -C jackd` if [ -n "$JACK_PID" ]; then # jackd is up else # jackd is down fi

2008/2/18, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com>om>: if [ "`ps -e | grep jackd`" ] ; then echo 1; fi

Le lundi 18 février 2008 à 11:54 -0500, Dave Phillips a écrit : example in my script: #!/bin/sh # start or stop jackd alternatively # if [ `pidof jackd` -ne "" ] then kill `pidof jackd` else jackd -d alsa fi