[jack-audio-connection-kit] Add D-Bus notes to README

Brendan Jones bsjones at fedoraproject.org
Sat Nov 17 14:11:15 UTC 2012


commit 7c93f396873ec9b46e50b8a374ddd2ee35f10a32
Author: Brendan Jones <brendan.jones.it at gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Nov 17 15:11:15 2012 +0100

    Add D-Bus notes to README

 jack-audio-connection-kit-README.Fedora |   21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/jack-audio-connection-kit-README.Fedora b/jack-audio-connection-kit-README.Fedora
index 2171273..9702d14 100644
--- a/jack-audio-connection-kit-README.Fedora
+++ b/jack-audio-connection-kit-README.Fedora
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Switch to root account.
 Install the required packages:
     yum install alsa-plugins-jack
 
-Add yourself to the audio and jackuser groups.
-    usermod -a -G audio,jackuser "<your username>"
+Add yourself to the jackuser group.
+    usermod -a -G jackuser "<your username>"
 Now you will need to log out and log back in, or simply restart the system.
 
 Start the jack daemon (the best parameters for your sound card may be different):
@@ -41,9 +41,22 @@ hw ALSA device (hw:0 for the first card, etc). Even best to use the name of the
 card as stated above.
 
 
+    USING THE JACK DBUS INTERFACE
+
+Control applications such as qjackctl can be configured to interact with the jack
+sound server using D-Bus. This has the advantage of allowing jack to request the
+release of the sound device from Pulseaudio (see below).
+
+jackdbus is shipped in a separate package. To install this (as root) do:
+
+    yum install jack-audio-connection-kit-dus
+
+and check "Enable D-Bus interface" in Setup -> Misc within Qjackctl
+
+
 	INTEGRATE JACK WITH PULSEAUDIO
 
-Jack will ask Pulse Audio through dbus for ownership of the sound card. Pulse
+Jack will ask Pulse Audio through D-Bus for ownership of the sound card. Pulse
 Audio will grant it and Jack will have complete control of it. No conflicts and
 no configuration necessary. In this case Pulse Audio will stop using the card
 and if it is the only one, you will not have sound for system sounds, browser
@@ -51,6 +64,8 @@ media playback, etc (which is usually what you want). Otherwise it is possible
 to load a Pulse Audio module that redirects PA to use Jack.
 
 
+
+
 	RUNNING JACK SERVER IN REALTIME MODE
 
 NOTE: This chapter explains why you have done the above changes in more detail.


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