On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:10:29 -0500 Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings, > > Trying to hammer down the current recommendations for the limits.conf > file. Ardour advises that 'memlock unlimited' is a bad idea, but what's > the formula for setting that value ? > > Also, is the 'nice' line still needed ? If so, is there an optimal value ? > > TIA, > > dp My understanding is that Nice has been unnecessary for some time. Also, a lot of distros are moving away from the use of limits.conf - don't know what they use instead, just that my latest (squeeze) install asked me if I wanted it to set up audio when I installed qjackctl and a lot of other audio stuff. I said yes, and it did everything for me! -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
