I think that would make sense that jack's installation automatically changes limits.conf to whatever they already recommend, wouldn't it? I think ubuntu package is doing something like this. 2010/12/12 Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
