-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 04:02:47PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Debian Etch, using kernel 2.6.18-5-686, which I presume is a realtime one, > as when I start jack with qjackctl, and with the realtime box checked, jack > doesn't complain. > > Looking at messages though, shows lots of xruns, although no music apps are > being used. > > I had this problem on Fedora 7. I'd installed the low latency kernel, and > associated packages from planetccrma, and again jacks messages were showing > lots of xruns. There was an updated pam that came with the kernel download, > which left an /etc/security/limits.conf.rpmnew, and Fernando suggested adding > the changes to the existing file, as the default setup for > jack-audio-connection-kit in the limits.conf file set rtprio at 20. > > That resolved the problem on Fedora 7. No more messages about xruns. > > I tried the same few lines, as below, in the limits.conf file in Etch, but to > no success, and there are no default priorities for jack there anyway. > > I advise running sid, or testing, not etch. My notes from the experience are here: http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/119 http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/113 I've been told that testing is a reasonable alternative to sid, now that it has usefully-current versions of many of the key audio packages. - -ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/813e8HF+6xeOIcRAkXkAJ0aIWeftM/rRQFjEIQlzxaoKQJGDwCg9tFK vYdx9LmdIa+a5OITQdbShRw= =aTrv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user