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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2004-11-08 23:48:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2004-11-08 23:48:19 +0000 |
| commit | 4bb14837dd09777e45793bda42512d900c6b500e (patch) | |
| tree | 65a8a5a11b4a99707c009a197335554e6e219f91 /doc | |
| parent | b55923a8d33a1c4ed2f892a0da36c9c679e7d828 (diff) | |
implemented pax11publish.c
git-svn-id: file:///home/lennart/svn/public/pulseaudio/trunk@275 fefdeb5f-60dc-0310-8127-8f9354f1896f
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ.html.in | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ.html.in b/doc/FAQ.html.in index f1bf24149..751ef562c 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.html.in +++ b/doc/FAQ.html.in @@ -126,7 +126,23 @@ connect to a running polypaudio daemon try using the following commands:</p> <pre>killall -USR2 polypaudio bidilink unix-client:/tmp/polypaudio/cli</pre> -<p><i>BTW: Someone should package that great tool for Debian!</i></p> +<p><i>BTW: Someone should package that great tool for Debian!</i></p></li> + + + +<li><p><b>How do the polypaudio libraries decide where to connect to?</b></p> +<p>The following rule applies:</p> +<ol> + <li>If the the application using the library specifies a server to connect to it is used. If the connection fails, the library fails too.</li> + <li>If the environment variable <tt>POLYP_SERVER</tt> is defined the library connects to that server. If the connection fails, the library fails too.</li> + <li>If <tt>$DISPLAY</tt> is set, the library tries to connect to that server and looks for the root window property <tt>POYLP_SERVER</tt> for the host to connect to. If <tt>POLYP_COOKIE</tt> is set it is used as authentication cookie.</li> + <li>If the client configuration file (<tt>~/.polypaudio/client.conf</tt> or <tt>/etc/polypaudio/client.conf</tt>) sets the server address, the library connects to that server. If the connection fails, the library fails too.</li> + <li>The library tries to connect to the default local UNIX socket for polypaudio servers. If the connection fails, it proceeds with the next item.</li> + <li>The library tries to connect to the default local TCP socket for polypaudio servers. If the connection fails, it proceeds with the next item.</li> + <li>If <tt>$DISPLAY</tt> is set, the library tries to connect to the default TCP port of that host. If the connection fails, it proceeds with the next item.</li> + <li>The connection fails.</li> +</ol> +<p></p> </li> |