Aaron Trumm wrote: >>1: update kernel to at least 2.6.11 >>2: make sure the jack tmpdir is set to a ramdrive (tmpfs) >>3: try building jack from cvs (there's been MANY improvements) >> >> > >nice. thanks :) how do I do number 2? I've never looked at that... > > If you are using the ebuild (rather than #3), add jack-tmpfs to your USE. jack is then built with --with-default-tmpdir=/dev/shm. Check your /etc/fstab - there should be an entry to mount /dev/shm as tmpfs (I don't think I had to add that - it was just there). Joel > > >>As a side note, you can patch gentoo-sources with Ingo's realtime-preempt >>patchset. I've done it and the only failed patches was one to modify the >>kernel tag (pointless and not needed) and a trivial one the fails if you >> >> >have > > >>gentoo's custom bootsplash framebuffer (Nothing significant. It just adds >>brackets into an if statement) That patch will speed up the latency quite >> >> >a > > >>bit. Use it with caution though because you will trade off speed for >>stability. >> >> > >I thought those patches were already a part of some kernels... ? I could've >sworn I ...well I don't really remember *laugh* but I could've sworn I used >a gentoo kernel that had those patches applied...*thinks hard* > > > >>You can also muck around with the kernel's compiler flags >>in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/Makefile but again, you'll be playing with >> >> >fire. > >blech :) > >well - all of this will have to wait as I - ahem - recover from a big 'ol >crash (hadn't tweaked any settings yet - just total coincidence) > > > > >
