[linux-audio-user] Just got 2.6.12-3-multimedia

Mario Lang mlang at delysid.org
Tue Jul 19 05:47:56 EDT 2005


Mark Constable <markc at renta.net> writes:

> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 02:21, Lee Revell wrote:
>> You should not need it, since 2.6.12 the standard kernel contains the
>> realtime rlimits.  If your distro ships a 2.6.12 kernel, they need to
>> update their PAM and bash packages to support this feature
>> (check /etc/security/limits.conf and the output of ulimit for any
>> mention of real time priority).  Otherwise it's a bug.
>
> I'm running kubuntu/breezy with their 2.6.12-3-amd64-generic kernel
> and not sure what else to actually check for. My /etc/security/limits.conf
> is totally commented out and ulimit returns "unlimited".

You want to execute "ulimit -a".

> Is there a
> URL for a _current_ document about howto select the proper kernel
> options and where to get the right PAM patch etc ?

Not that I'd know, what I'd like to know is if the PAM patch has been pushed
and released upstream already, and which version of PAM that would be.

-- 
CYa,
  Mario



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