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diff --git a/doc/FAQ.html.in b/doc/FAQ.html.in index 074561c1..ac9bc466 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.html.in +++ b/doc/FAQ.html.in @@ -64,11 +64,29 @@ <li><p><b>I often hear noises when playing back with Polypaudio, what can I do?</b></p> <p>There are to possible solutions: either make the polypaudio binary SUID root (<tt>chmod u+s /usr/bin/polypaudio</tt>) and run it - with argument <tt>-r</tt> or increase the fragment sizes of the audio + with argument <tt>--high-priority=1</tt> or increase the fragment sizes of the audio drivers. The former will allow Polypaudio to activate <tt>SCHED_FIFO</tt> high priority scheduling (root rights are dropped - immediately after this).</p></li> + immediately after this) Keep in mind that is a potential security hole!</p></li> + <li><p><b>I only want to run polypaudio when it is needed, how do I do this?</b></p> + + <p>Set <tt>autospawn = yes</tt> in <tt>client.conf</tt>. That +configuration file may be found either in <tt>/etc/polypaudio/</tt> or +in <tt>~/.polypaudio/</tt>.</p></li> + + <li><p><b>How do I list all polypaudio modules installed?</b></p> + + <p><tt>polypaudio --dump-modules</tt></p> + + <p>Add <tt>-v</tt> for terse usage instructions.</p> + + <li><p><b>What environment does polypaudio care about?</b></p> + +<p>The client honors: <tt>POLYP_SINK</tt> (default sink to connect to), <tt>POLYP_SOURCE</tt> (default source to connect to), <tt>POLYP_SERVER</tt> (default server to connect to, like <tt>ESPEAKER</tt>), <tt>POLYP_BINARY</tt> (the binary to start when autospawning a daemon), <tt>POLYP_CLIENTCONFIG</tt> (path to the client configuration file).</p> + +<p>The daemon honors: <tt>POLYP_SCRIPT</tt> (default CLI script file run after startup), <tt>POLYP_CONFIG</tt> (default daemon configuration file), <tt>POLYP_DLPATH</tt> (colon separated list of paths where to look for modules)</p></li> + </ol> <hr/> |