Max Lynch wrote: > I was wondering if there is a way to keep my music that is playing in > display :0 while in :1 or even while in another console > (ctrl-alt-Ffoo). Whenever I play something in :0 it stops playing if I > switch consoles or start another X session (over xdmcp, for example). Assuming you are using policy kit: polkit-action --action org.freedesktop.hal.device-access.sound Will show you the current setup, the tag you are interested in is "default_inactive". To change is such that you can still access the sound h/w when inactive do (as root): polkit-action --set-defaults-inactive org.freedesktop.hal.device-access.sound yes To reset to the default do: polkit-action --reset-defaults org.freedesktop.hal.device-access.sound This will break the standard user switching capabilities tho' (e.g. a new user will not be able to start their own pulseaudio daemon as the old one could still be hogging the device. HTHs Col
