if using the audio/MIDI setup dialog because there are >1 backends, but the chosen...

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/engine_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/engine_dialog.cc
index 545413b6ef4e697358b0af1a442c33bf186256d1..715083698940ff8b60113327eff086aaca785b4f 100644 (file)
--- a/gtk2_ardour/engine_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/engine_dialog.cc
@@ -1332,6 +1332,13 @@ EngineControl::EngineControl ()
                         backend->set_buffer_size (get_buffer_size());
                 }
 
+                if (start) {
+                        if (ARDOUR::AudioEngine::instance()->start ()) {
+                                error << string_compose (_("Could not start backend engine %1"), backend->name()) << endmsg;
+                                return -1;
+                        }
+                }
+
                 post_push ();
 
                 return 0;