Scott Ecker wrote: > hollunder@xxxxxx wrote: > >> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:25:36 -0700 >> Scott <lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Ken Restivo wrote: >>> >>> >>>> But it also caught this other weird thing I'd never heard of: >>>> fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288 >>>> >>>> Which was easy enough to fix. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> What sort of problem were you having that changing that setting fixed? >>> >>> -Scott >>> >>> >> I'm also very curious about this one as I've never heard of it before >> and haven't seen any help that explains what it does. >> +1 , I think it was found in the Rosegarden wiki maybe? >> It wrongly assumes a tmpfs has to be on /tmp and nice doesn't help with >> rt stuff afaik. >> I think its in the FAQ of jackaudio.org >> I'm also not quite sure about the filesystem related stuff it checks >> for, like the use of atime or whatever. >> >> I'd say the script is a nice start but nothing to rely on or use as >> definitiv guideline. >> It would be nice if could improve the script by more feedback of people here on LAU >> >> > > Since we're on the subject of improving performance I should share one > little thing I learned recently. I use Fedora+CCRMA. The Fedora update > manager is python based. After disabling the automatic update service I > eradicated virtually all xruns. I asked a more knowledgeable friend why > this may be and he told me that Python is/can be greedy with resources. > YMMV. Thanks, good tip. \r see also: http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=452&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15#p6024 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
