[linux-audio-user] how to invest sensible to get more stability for JACK

[Hartmut Z Noack]

Am Mit, 2003-08-20 um 19.07 schrieb Jack O'Quin:
> Hartmut Z Noack <symposion at onlinehome.de> writes:
> 
> > 2.)Many xruns, (some after 2 seconds, others after 2 mins, mostly within
> > 40 secs or so - sometimes i had testrecordings of unbroken 10 minutes)

> 
> I doubt your problem is hardware.  My system is similar to yours:
> Athlon XP 1800+, 256MB DDR, EIDE disk, M-Audio Delta-66; yet it runs
> JACK reliably down to about -p64 (even -p32 but with some overruns).
> 
> Check your hdparms.  But, most of all I recommend making sure you're
> running the low latency kernel patches.  This is essential.  The JACK
> FAQ has some useful instructions...
> 
>   <http://jackit.sourceforge.net/docs/faq.php#a5>
> 
> Regards,

That is interesting, i hoped, i could avoid to recompile if i run
everything as root (the recommendation regarding the patches pointed to
the use of jackstart and to running jackapps as non-root)

guess i have to read some more and "take the risk" to recompile :-|

thanks