Excerpts from Ken Restivo's message of 2011-09-20 20:36:10 +0200: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 06:32:30AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Atte André Jensen <atte@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > A friend of mine who would like to use his new UA-25EX with ubuntu on his (i > > > think) x200 (at least it's a 2.4Ghz dualcore 64 bit thinkpad with 6 or so > > > gigs of ram). A very nice machine, that should be great for setting up a > > > linux DAW. However I cannot make it run without x-runs (did the usual > > > limits.conf dance). Whenever a window is dragged, or there's disk activity > > > or something like that there's an x-run. > > > > you will likely need to check into the video driver that is in use. > > although my 6 core system isn't as reliable as i'd like it to be, > > things got a LOT better on the xrun front after i switched from the > > nouveau driver to the proprietary nvidia one. > > > > i used to be able to induce xruns by just moving the mouse pointer > > from one monitor to another. now it takes a lot more than that. mostly > > :( > > A more general question: are there any modern video drivers which DO NOT SUCK? > > i.e. are there any RT-safe video drivers anymore? > > I've stuck with old hardware using Intel Xorg open-source drivers, and always had good results. But if I ever needed new hardware I'm not sure what options would exist. > > -ken My hardware isn't exactly new either, and low-end, but for me with very recent linux the intel drivers work just fine. lspci says: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 03) Newer intel chips likely use completely different drivers, but the hardware from a couple of years ago works fine. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
