----- Original Message ---- > From: Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Justin Smith <noisesmith@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: LAU <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, 3 July, 2009 9:11:19 AM > Subject: Re: Best realtime audio dstro for Eee > > On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 03:00:18AM -0700, Justin Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:39 AM, davidwrote: > > > Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > >> 2009/6/30 Norval Watson : > > >>> Hi y'all, > > >>> I want to install a realtime audio distro on my new Asus Eee 901. > > >>> I need a 2.6.29 realtime kernel or higher to support the hardware on my > Eee. > > >>> I have got the 2G RAM (haven't swapped it in yet). > > >>> AFAIK, options include: > > >>> DebianEeePC http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC > > >>> ArchLinux http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Asus_Eee_PC_901 > > >>> Eeebuntu http://www..eeebuntu.org/ > > >>> Indamixx USB stick, when it's available, (and it's not free) > > >>> > > >>> I have been using Debian unstable for some years so I'm most familiar with > that. > > >>> Any suggestions welcome, particularly regarding optimizing the kernel. > > >>> TIA > > >>> Norv > > >> > > >> > > >> Debian testing here, 2.6.29.5-rt22, ASUS Mobo (don't remember exatly > > >> what model... I am at work now) > > >> > > >> Optimizing the kernel? ... it depends from your hardware but, apart > > >> from binary size, I can not really say if turning off wireless stuffs > > >> from kernel config could improve RT performances. I am sure somebody > > >> else can comment bettere on this. > > > > > > I'm slowly turning my wife's old laptop (2.8GHz Celeron, 768MB RAM, > > > saddled with older Intel chipset) into a synthesizer/effects box. It > > > currently has Ubuntu Studio on it. While I have the wireless antenna > > > turned off (we have no wireless network around here), I've never > > > disabled the wifi kernel modules or drivers. And it runs along quite > > > happily at latencies between 5-10 msec using an external USB audio > > > interface ... > > > > > > I seem to recall that the problem with wifi wasn't the presence of the > > > drivers, it was the fact that the system was incessantly trying to make > > > a wifi connection. Maybe that's something Network Manager does that > > > doing your networking using command line stuff doesn't? > > > > > > -- > > > David > > > gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > authenticity, honesty, community > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > > > > > Yeah, there is a command line utility that searches for wireless > > access points and lists their respective signal strength etc. > > (iwlist), and I only run it if I think an access point should be there > > and I am not finding it or getting a poor connection. > > > > It seems like networkmanager runs iwlist or does some equivalent on a > > frequent basis (even if it already has a wifi connection), and uses > > quite a bit of CPU doing it. I no longer need to worry about this > > since switching to debian, where the /etc/network/interfaces config > > file plus the ifup/ifdown commands that reference that configuration > > have served me just fine. > > I have an EEE 1000 and I use it constantly with Debian, and have performed with > it a good half-dozen times now, and rehearsed and practiced on it many more.. I'm > very happy with Debian-EEE. I created packages for the RT kernel and relevant > drivers for it, and uploaded them here in case anyone wants them: > http://restivo.nfshost.com/projects/eee/debs/ > > I dislike the Network Manager intensely, so I turned it off. I just type "sudo > iwlist ra0 scan" when I need to find what's out there. Nowadays I just use a > Sierra Wireless USB adapter with the Sprint PCS network instead, and very rarely > fire up the wifi anyway. > > -ken Thanks everybody for your help and suggestions. I ended up going with Debian as that's what I am familiar with. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC Being a bit lazy (like oz/zi) I grabbed the 2.6.29-rc6-rt3 realtime kernel I have been using on a 32bit partition on the amd64 box and that seems to work OK on the Eee. I wanted the .29 series coz it's got the wireless module for the 901 in the kernel. I installed Qjackctl and was a bit puzzled why JACK would not start until I realised that Qjackctl does not install jackd automatically as a dependency. I installed jackd and now it works. Plugged in my Korg padKONTROL and CME UF5 keyboard controller via USB, hooked them up to AMSynth in Qjackctl's Connections pane and I was up and running. The little Eee sits up on top of the UF5 perfectly, like they were designed together. It is very early days and I have to sort out a few things - eg. sound only coming out RH side - but there is a lot of help both here, on the DebianEee site, on the Pianotek forum, on Ken's blog, and other places and I'm grateful for that. Thanks again! Norv ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
