Dan Muresan wrote: >> IIRC, the usual recommendation is to compile your own kernel with system >> timer set to 1000 Hz. > > I know. Compiling a custom kernel on Ubuntu (in a package-manager > controlled way) is not fun. > > It's amazing, though, that the system has an RTC clock and a HPET timer, > with microsecond precision, yet I need to rely on the Hz variable to > obtain accurate timing. Truly amazing -- the whole snd-rtctimer vs > RTC_CLASS story, the broken hpet module in ALSA, the unfinished hrtimer... Yah. My understanding is it's because professional audio on Linux isn't even a blip in the eyes of kernel developers. Anyway, 250Hz works for me, so I just click OK on the dialog box and go on. But I only do MIDI stuff. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
