> > >(btw, why jackd doesn't read /etc/jackrc or ~/.jackrc ?) > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 11:27:12 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > > because that means we have a config file, which means we need a config > > file parser, which means we need to replicate a bunch of code or link > > against another library. if jackd was a commonly executed command for > > users, i could justify that. as it is, i can't.
Steve Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about having a simple config file that is just a set of default > options, eg. /root/.jackrc: > -R -d alsa -d Hammerfall -r 44100 -p 256 > > Then this can be chopped up and prepended to argv[] before being thrown at > the argv parser. > > It doesn't work as well as it might because of the -d thing (so you cant > override the driver easily), but you can still override the rate, number > of periods etc. Why not just distribute an /etc/init.d/jackd script? It would be useful, and such a script can easily read config files with no extra library dependencies in JACK. -- Jack O'Quin Austin, Texas, USA BTW, like everyone else, I like Takashi and Paul's idea of running the JACK engine in-process if libjack finds that no daemon is running.