[linux-audio-user] Announce for new Distro .....PClinuxOS" and Thac's packages

[Russell Hanaghan]

Shayne O'Connor wrote:

>Russell Hanaghan wrote:
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>>So just a follow up here:
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>>Indeed, PclinuxOS (PCLOS) is up and alive with Thac's splendid sound
>>packages amongst others. I Just wiped my MDK install from my
>>production box (Rather an anxious moment) and installed PCLOS from a
>>single CD. Then after install I fired up APT and added Thac's RPMs
>>compiled specifically for PCLOS and have all the core audio apps
>>installed and running on one of Svetjlo's  RT kernels with no problems.
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>hey there russell
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>i've dowloaded and installed the pclinuxos live cd ... got thac's apt
>repo happening ...
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>had a few troubles getting rid of KDE and switching to Gnome/XFCE4, but
>i think i'm about there now ...
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>however ... which kernel, from which repository, am i supposed to be
>using? with the multi-media kernel, i'm able to start jackd realtime,
>however it says it can't lock memorly lock the RT thread ... if i use
>Thac's pre-empt kernel, i can't seem to be able to get real-time
>privileges at all ... it's a bit confusing, since i'm a CCRMAer thru and
>thru, but it would be great to get a live cd setup with ardour and
>hydrogen and the other apps i use for recording ... (my recording buddy
>uses windows, but wants a way to edit the stuff we do on my linux box
>without actually installing linux).
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Here's the link for step by step on Mklivecd. It is written for MDK but 
same rules apply for PCLOS.

http://livecd.berlios.de/

These guys are devs for PCLOS as well.






Did a little research on this RT issue last night...

So using the kernel above, (Im sure you know this already but for the 
record)

1./   #rmmod capability
       #rmmod commoncap
       #modprobe realtime any=1 gid=29

2./   "gid=29" assumes your user is added to group 29. The realtime gid 
option can be for any group number.

3./    Set jack to run R/T in either Qjackctl or whatever.

This gave me RT operation with no issues. Had it running at 64 x 2 48000 
on my XP 2500+, 1 gig, Delta 1010LT, Alsa 1.09rc2. Only the odd Xrun 
when Ardour or some other apps fire up or shut down.

>can you give me some general tips on what your alsa/jack/kernel setup is
>with pclinuxos, which repositories you have enabled etc ...
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>help would be much appreciated, and i hope this can be as good as it
>sounds :)
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>shayne
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Also mentioned the issues I found in installing some apps from Thac's to 
Thac via email and IRC. He is looking at those as time permits.

Cheers,
R~