On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 08:43, Robert Jonsson wrote: > torsdagen den 12 augusti 2004 17.11 skrev Russell Hanaghan: > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 00:58, Anahata wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:22:39PM -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 14:30, Andrew Dahlin wrote: > > > > > > > > I assume you're worried about the WM overtaxing the system therefore > > > > causing xruns. > > > > > > > > It should not matter which WM you're using if you are running a proper > > > > kernel. > > > > > > I've been thinking that: I'm glad somebody else said it :-) > > > > > > The windows manager and desktop is only user-land code and if jack and > > > the sound drivers are all running at higher priority all that should > > > happen while you've got audio apps running is either(a) no difference or > > > (b) the desktop becomes a little less responsive, depending on the > > > overall CPU and disk workload. > > > > > > For what it's worth I'm running standard Gnome on kernel 2.6.6. I don't > > > do any heavyweight audio though. arecord records 16/44.1 stereo fine. > > > > > > > 2.6 with Ingo's voluntary preempt is actually even better but it's not > > > > yet 100% stabilized. With one of those kernels and with JACK in > > > > real-time mode, you could abuse the system pretty badly and it won't > > > > skip a bit. > > > > Does anyone know if a package for this kernel has been done for Mandrake > > 10.0? > > None that I know of. > > Asking this guy might be an idea, perhaps he can include it: > http://mandrake.contactel.cz/people/svetljo/mandrake/kernel/ Yup...I suspect so. Thac has stopped compiling his own kernels and is linked to these. So they would be what I'm using right now. 2.6.7-1-35 seems ok and has alsa 1.06 built in but is still kinda "xrunny" :) I don;t know how these different types of scheduling etc, stack up but what I'm reading about the voluntary preemption is sounding promising. Can anyone give a very _brief_ comparison between these methods? I wan't also to run as user and not root. Why...'Cause I break $__t! :) R~ > > > > I'm not at the pseudo Jedi Warrior level for compiling kernels > > just yet! :) Although, I HAVE become a master at compiling Wine and fst > > / jack_fst! :P > > ;-) > > /Robert > > > > > R~ > > > > > That's what I'm looking forward to...
