Re: [Jack-Devel] Too many servers already active
Hi,
Very useful answer. Thanks. :-)
Kindest regards,
Jan Middelkoop
On 05/17/2013 12:29 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> There is a shared memory area used to register each jack server. if
> you kill the servers, it will not be cleaned up correctly. To clean it
> you'll need to use a clean method of shutting jackd down or use system
> tools such as shmctl.
>
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Jan Middelkoop <[hidden]
> <mailto:[hidden]>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> At the radio station where I volunteer, we're using 100% open
> source software. We have a playout system for audio files, where
> users log in one at a time and as part of their session jackd is
> started, along with the newly created audio player 4deckradio.
> When they log out, all their running programs (including jackd)
> are killed.
>
> Every now and then, after maybe 15, 20 new logins, jackd refuses
> to start for all users. The error message is that there are "too
> many servers already active". However, there are no jackd
> processes still running when I do a "ps aux | grep jack".
>
> A complete restart of the machine remedies the problem,
> temporarily at least.
>
> My hunch is that jackd isn't able to clean up properly sometimes
> (perhaps because it is killed before it has the chance?) causing
> future servers to not start. I'm at a loss however to figure out
> -what- exactly it doesn't clean up, if that is the case.
>
> Could someone shed some light on what is preventing jackd from
> starting up? If I know what is preventing jackd from starting, I
> could remedy it with a small workaround/hack maybe.
>
> Kindest regards,
> Jan Middelkoop
>
> Program director at Radio Capelle, the Netherlands
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