On Monday 14 January 2008, Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > 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?
Good idea. > > > 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. This is true for all upgrades, of course, even if such a daemon was not running when the upgrade begins (even if it is rarely ever run). A better message would clear up any misunderstandings. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
