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Starting Jamulus client from command line on Raspberry Pi

2020-11-08
2020-11-10
  • Roger Smeds

    Roger Smeds - 2020-11-08

    I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with the latest version of Rasberian (buster).
    I am trying to start the Jamulus client from the command line using the -c option to specify the server to connect to like:
    $ Jamulus -c JamulusServerIWant -p 22124 --clientname Client &
    This command starts Jamulus as expected and the Connect/Dissconnect button shows Disconnect. The display says TRYING TO CONNECT and never does. If I use the Disconnect button, I am then able to manually connect to any server in the list. Is there something else needed to connect to a specific server from command line? Is there a log process that shows errors, or what might be wrong?

     
    • Gilgongo

      Gilgongo - 2020-11-10

      Hi Roger,

      If you need to connect the client to a server that's on the standard port of 22124 then your command would be:

      $ Jamulus -c JamulusServerIWant --clientname Client &

      If that doesn't work then there might be some other issue.

       
  • Roger Smeds

    Roger Smeds - 2020-11-10

    Hi Gilgongo,
    Yes, I understand that that command works. I have had success using that command line. My question really is "How can I find out why the command does not work when it fails and just says TRYING TO CONNECT?" Are there any resources that can help to diagnose what the problem is if it cannot connect?

     
    • Gilgongo

      Gilgongo - 2020-11-10

      OK so this is in the general case that you fail to connect, not necessarily to do with the way you launched the client?

      In that case, diagnosing this issue is unfortunately difficult, particularly if it's an intermittent issue. Just to be clear, I take it you can connect to other servers OK, but just that one (or some) servers sometimes/always give a "trying to connect" error an never connect, is that right? In which case is it always the same servers that display this issue?

       
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