Now that we work from home I run two accounts (home and work) the Ubintu-based Pop!_OS 20.04 (soon to be 20.10). JRiver is installed on the home account and runs fine in that session. However, the sound cuts off when switching to the work account session (Ctrl-Alt-F? session switcher).
That seems to be a characteristic of the Linux sound system. There are
multiple workarounds
on the net, which did not work for me.
I have the music in a directory shared between the accounts:
/home/music. It is read-writeable for the
music group. Both home and work accounts are members of the
music group. I can switch the primary group in the JRiver application launcher so that the group ownership of the files is maintained. I can also lock the launcher to a single instance, so that two JRiver instances do not point to the same library running simultaneously by accident.
Few questions:
1. Do JRiver license conditions allow me to install the license in two accounts on the same computer? The license file seems to be tied to a Linux account and JRiver asks for a registration when started on my work account. I did not understand (or missed) how the current license text applies to my setup.
2. May I still run yet another copy on my laptop when out and about?
3. Is there anything else I missed in the setup - is it known to work by any chance?
Regards - and thank you!