Daniel James wrote: > > Maybe it's just me, but if I'm listening to or recording music I don't > really want bings and beeps being sent to the soundcard by every > program running on the desktop. I guess that's why I never missed > artsd after I disabled it... > Or why we don't want to encourage apps that just need that functionality to use jack by default. Good reaon to let them run via artsd. Then it's just a simple task of turning on artsd support when you want that functionality and turning it off when you dont. We could accomplish this by making jackd disable artds on startup ;) Another flag for someone to implement :) -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman