Stephen Nesbitt wrote: > In this maillist I have seen a lot of warning that realtime is broken in > Intrepid. Ok that's understandable if not wonderful :-) > > I'm using 8.10 on my notebook, an HP G60-125NR. By my experience, Intrepid is a mixed blessing. Btw, I'm using the Molnar patched rt-kernel. > But the question is then if one is running Intrepid what is the proper setup? > I'm looking for something like "The (almost) Perfect Sound Recording Setup > for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex". This is information I haven't seen and given the > number of questions in reference to Intrepid being asked on this list, one > that might be valuable. > > The fundamental requirement is that one is running Intrepid as one's main > system. Replacing Intrepid with Hardy is not an option. > > Is this system on a notebook or desktop box ? Perhaps you'll do better on a desktop machine, but I would not recommend using Intrepid as a production system on a notebook. > Here are some possibilities that have crossed my mind: > 1) Setup a dual boot Hardy/Intrepid system - doable but a pain because of 1) > the need to reboot and 2) the potential loss of access to one's standard home > directory, tools, email and system configuration. > > It's the safest route though. > 2) Use Intrepid despite not having access to a realtime kernel. In this case > information on realistic expectations on latency, how to best configure Jack to > limit xruns, etc would be very nice. In other words, can Intrepid even be used > as a base for music recording and what are the gotchas (if any)? > Frankly, I have so many non-audio related problems with Intrepid that I can't recommend it at all. See this Ubuntu users forum for more opnions re: 8.10 : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963853 Best, dp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
