On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, emanuele ..:: www.rumoridifondo.com ::.. wrote: > if i try to recompile mandriva's kernel multimedia i see that there's > the voice "processors type and features --> preemptible kernel". i think > it's not ingo molnar's complete preemtion patch because i don't manage > to have low latency with my daw even if i have an audiophile2496 which > should work at low latency. I'd go with the precompiled multimedia kernel. I have an audiophile2496 as well and my AMD 2000+ has no problem with low latency. The trick though is to add yourself to the "audio" group. As you can see in /etc/security/limits.conf those members have realtime capabilities. - Peder