[linux-audio-user] xruns - FC2/Planet(custom) vs. Gentoo(custom)

[Dave]

Your not being bitten by the ntpl issue are you?

Dave 

On Sunday 03 October 2004 21:37, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:21:43 +0100, Steve Harris
>
> <s.w.harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 12:33:13 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > Humm...I don't know what the worst is that could happen. Probably
> > > nothing bad and it really wouldn't be that difficult to try. However,
> > > let's say I do it and it works, or I do it and it doesn't work. At
> > > that point what have I learned and how would it help me?
> >
> > Well, I think the only difference is the compiler, so it would tell us
> > that the compiler is making a differece. If the plant kernel still gives
> > you xruns it tells you that some of the system stuff in gentoo is causing
> > you problems.
>
> OK, so no one else has raised a warning, but traffic is slow on
> Sundays. I guess I'm brave enough to try it. I'll make the copy and
> see what happens.
>
> > One thing that occurs is the filesystems, I think only ext[23] has been
> > RT tuned in 2.6, so if your gentoo system is using something else that
> > could be your problem.
>
> No, they are both 2.6.8 or higher. Gentoo has been 2.6.8.1 for a
> while. FC2 customized is now 2.6.9 + features. That part should be OK.
> (I hope.)
>
> > > It would be funny to end up running Gentoo but *having* to build my
> > > kernels on a Fedora box! ;-)
> >
> > Funny, or very anoying :)
>
> Yep! OK, I'll give this a try and see what happens. the way I see it I need
> to:
>
> 1) Move /lib/modules out of the way
> 2) Copy over the 2.6.9 directory from FC2
> 3) Copy over the 2.6.9-FC2 kernel
> 4) Edit grub.conf
> 5) Reboot, as Fernando says, with finges crossed.
>
> Wish I had some backups! ;-)
>
> - Mark