On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 02:12:54AM -0500, carmen wrote:
> On Wed Jan 31, 2007 at 08:02:34AM +0100, Pieter Palmers wrote:
> > Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> >
> > >>>Slackware 10.2 uname -r 2.6.13
> > >>Should it be possible, maybe consider switching to a more audio
> > >>friendly distro...
> > >There's nothing wrong with Slackware for audio work - it's what I
> > >do all my development on. Slackware + "low latency desktop kernel"
> > >+ set_rlimits (+ rtprio for slower machines) is about all you need
^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >to get a very nice Slackware-based setup for audio. However, let's
> > >not get into a distro war - use whatever works well for you. :-)
> > I shouldn't have said that. I spoke without knowledge. Sorry.
>
> isnt the author of Slackware diametrically opposed to PAM. and isnt
> PAM necessary for non-root users to properly use realtime priority?
PAM-less folks use a little tool called set_rlimits.
-Eric Rz.
