diff --git a/common/JackServerLaunch.cpp b/common/JackServerLaunch.cpp
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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Paul Davis
+Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Grame
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#include "JackChannel.h"
+#include "JackLibGlobals.h"
+#include "JackServerLaunch.h"
+
+using namespace Jack;
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#define JACK_LOCATION  "/usr/local/bin"
+#define JACK_DEFAULT_DRIVER "coreaudio"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+#define JACK_LOCATION  "/usr/local/bin"
+#define JACK_DEFAULT_DRIVER "alsa"
+#endif
+
+/* Exec the JACK server in this process.  Does not return. */
+static void start_server_aux(const char* server_name)
+{
+	FILE* fp = 0;
+	char filename[255];
+	char arguments[255];
+	char buffer[255];
+	char* command = 0;
+	size_t pos = 0;
+	size_t result = 0;
+	char** argv = 0;
+	int i = 0;
+	int good = 0;
+	int ret;
+	
+	snprintf(filename, 255, "%s/.jackdmprc", getenv("HOME"));
+	fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+
+	if (!fp) {
+		fp = fopen("/etc/jackdmprc", "r");
+	}
+	/* if still not found, check old config name for backwards compatability */
+	if (!fp) {
+		fp = fopen("/etc/jackdmp.conf", "r");
+	}
+
+	if (fp) {
+		arguments[0] = '\0';
+		ret = fscanf(fp, "%s", buffer);
+		while (ret != 0 && ret != EOF) {
+			strcat(arguments, buffer);
+			strcat(arguments, " ");
+			ret = fscanf(fp, "%s", buffer);
+		}
+		if (strlen(arguments) > 0) {
+			good = 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!good) {
+		command = JACK_LOCATION "/jackdmp";
+		strncpy(arguments, JACK_LOCATION "/jackdmp -T -d "JACK_DEFAULT_DRIVER, 255);
+	} else {
+		result = strcspn(arguments, " ");
+		command = (char*)malloc(result+1);
+		strncpy(command, arguments, result);
+		command[result] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	argv = (char**)malloc(255);
+  
+	while (1) {
+		/* insert -T and -nserver_name in front of arguments */
+		if (i == 1) {
+			argv[i] = (char*)malloc(strlen ("-T") + 1);
+			strcpy (argv[i++], "-T"); 
+			if (server_name) {
+				size_t optlen = strlen("-n");
+				char* buf = (char*)malloc(optlen + strlen(server_name) + 1);
+				strcpy(buf, "-n");
+				strcpy(buf+optlen, server_name);
+				argv[i++] = buf;
+			}
+		}
+
+		result = strcspn(arguments + pos, " ");
+		if (result == 0) {
+			break;
+		}
+		argv[i] = (char*)malloc(result + 1);
+		strncpy(argv[i], arguments+pos, result);
+		argv[i][result] = '\0';
+		pos += result + 1;
+		++i;
+	}
+	argv[i] = 0;
+	execv(command, argv);
+
+	/* If execv() succeeds, it does not return. There's no point
+	 * in calling jack_error() here in the child process. */
+	fprintf(stderr, "exec of JACK server (command = \"%s\") failed: %s\n", command, strerror(errno));
+}
+
+static int start_server(const char* server_name, jack_options_t options)
+{
+	if ((options & JackNoStartServer) || getenv("JACK_NO_START_SERVER")) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* The double fork() forces the server to become a child of
+	 * init, which will always clean up zombie process state on
+	 * termination. This even works in cases where the server
+	 * terminates but this client does not.
+	 *
+	 * Since fork() is usually implemented using copy-on-write
+	 * virtual memory tricks, the overhead of the second fork() is
+	 * probably relatively small.
+	 */
+	switch (fork()) {
+		case 0:					/* child process */
+			switch (fork()) {
+				case 0:			/* grandchild process */
+					start_server_aux(server_name);
+					_exit(99);	/* exec failed */
+				case -1:
+					_exit(98);
+				default:
+					_exit(0);
+			}
+		case -1:			/* fork() error */
+			return 1;		/* failed to start server */
+	}
+
+	/* only the original parent process goes here */
+	return 0;			/* (probably) successful */
+}
+
+int server_connect(char* name)
+{
+	JackClientChannelInterface* channel = JackGlobals::MakeClientChannel();
+	int res = channel->ServerCheck(name);
+	delete channel;
+	return res;
+}
+
+int try_start_server(jack_varargs_t* va, jack_options_t options, jack_status_t* status)
+{
+	if (server_connect(va->server_name) < 0) {
+		int trys;
+		if (start_server(va->server_name, options)) {
+			int my_status1 = *status | JackFailure | JackServerFailed;
+			*status = (jack_status_t)my_status1;
+			return -1;
+		}
+		trys = 5;
+		do {
+			sleep(1);
+			if (--trys < 0) {
+				int my_status1 = *status | JackFailure | JackServerFailed;
+				*status = (jack_status_t)my_status1;
+				return -1;
+			}
+		} while (server_connect(va->server_name) < 0);
+		int my_status1 = *status | JackServerStarted;
+		*status = (jack_status_t)my_status1;
+	}
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/common/JackServerLaunch.h b/common/JackServerLaunch.h
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index 00000000..1938b7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/JackServerLaunch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Paul Davis
+Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Grame
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef __JackServerLaunch__
+#define __JackServerLaunch__
+
+#include "varargs.h"
+#include "types.h"
+
+int server_connect(char* name);
+int try_start_server(jack_varargs_t* va, jack_options_t options, jack_status_t* status);
+
+#endif