On Monday 14 January 2008 16:46:30 David Baron wrote: > On Monday 14 January 2008, Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > > On Sunday 13 January 2008 22:06:03 David Baron wrote: > > > Package: timidity > > > Version: 2.13.2-19 > > > Severity: important > > > > > > Timidty will not start as a jackd client run as root. > > > The installation's configuration script, of course, runs as root. > > > Catch-22 > > > > > > Best would be not to try--tell the user to do it manually. > > > Timidity will install just fine without being (re)started as daemon. > > > > > > Most users will start it/use it in specific manner using command line > > > options. > > > > By default the systemwide daemon doesn't run. It needs to be enabled > > in /etc/default/timidity. If you configure it and enable it in > > combination with jack (which is not the default), I assume you know what > > you're doing. > > > > Or maybe I don't fully understand your problem? > > It is enabled. Maybe I should disable it in /etc/default/timidity. I then > would get the "not configured yet" message but who cares?
Maybe I should change that message to be more descriptive as it is not needed to enable it, except when you want a systemwide timidity always running? > I changed the /etc/init.d/timidity to use jack. Maybe not so smart since > jack is not running on startup (another reason to not enable). Did it to > use that file manually. With the jack command line, running > /etc/init.d/timidity start as root will always fail. Not as root will work. > > My question is, why start it on upgrade? Because it is stopped when the old package is removed. Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
