User

26.11.2007 23:46:33

hi!

When my main user is logged-in, the Ajax remote works fine, but if another user is logged-in, it's a no-go. Any reason for this? Shouldn't RB answer requests anyway? Or perhaps there is something else which is interfering?

Thanks for any suggestions

- Ren 

User

27.11.2007 14:37:02

Remote Buddy turns off all remotes upon a fast user switch to free the 
hard- and software-resources for usage by another user. As the AJAX 
Remote is just a "remote" for Remote Buddy, it too will be turned off 
when you switch to another user. That other user can then also run a 
copy of Remote Buddy and use the same port - 8888 - to connect to the 
AJAX Remote.

Fast user switching employs a number of limitations to the 
applications running in the other session:

- audio is turned off 
- many UI- and graphics-related functions will perform subpar or 
return with an error - or even crashing 
- ..

I thus wouldn't see much use to try using Remote Buddy through AJAX 
Remote when it is running in a "backgrounded" user session. It's bound 
to not work properly due to the limitations employed by Fast User 
Switching.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

27.11.2007 16:06:43

Actually, here is a need: 
When I leave home or if my daugther has been using the computer, she would normally stay logged-in. This prevents me from controlling iTunes from my iPod touch.

It is hard to switch users remotely.

Perhaps there would be a way to trigger a user switch back to the main account remotely? I wouldn't mind running another instance of RB in her account just to launch a script to log her out and me in...

Any other ideas? I dislike using VNC to log her out and log into my account, its quite slow to do so. 

User

28.11.2007 14:46:01

Controlling an instance of iTunes running in a different account would 
be useless as - as a side effect of Fast User Switching - the 
backgrounded account is cut off of audio output.

Switching to a different account poses additional problems like

1) using undocumented APIs (always risky when you sell software) 
2) entering the password for the other account is required, sometimes 
also outside of the context of any session, which would require Remote 
Buddy to run alongside the login window.

I want to avoid both things, so I'm afraid I can't help you further.

There are still solutions, though:

1) You and your daughter could share the same iTunes Library => you 
have access to your iTunes library regardless of whether your daughter 
or you is logged in.

2) Your daugher logs out and logs you in when she stops using the 
computer.

3) The VNC solution you already pointed out, which is also well 
integrated in OS X.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

01.12.2007 21:14:00

Actually, just did a test.

I use AirTunes to send my music to my speakers in the living room. Fast User switching allows this perfectly, even if you switch accounts.

So all that is missing is for me to have a way to control what is playing when someone else is on the computer downstairs.

Sharing the iTunes Library is not what I want either... we all have our own Libraries and music.

Any possibility of having Remote Buddy accept connections and allow a subset of commands to work? 

User

04.12.2007 13:03:01

I didn't know about AirTunes continuing to playback.

Nonetheless, I'm sorry, I can't change the behaviour as it currently 
is as it would mean to

- selectively enable/disable standardized Fast User Switching 
detection (prone to cause side effects) 
- some/many features almost certainly not working without a full-blown 
screen session (or even crashing the application) 
- also that multiple Remote Buddy users on one computer would have to 
choose different ports for the AJAX Remote's server engine 
- all of which have the potential to be both hard to remotely debug if 
a user experiences problems with them

Sorry.

Best regards, 
Felix