[linux-audio-user] Is a stock 2.6.12 enough?

[Shayne O'Connor]

Eric Robert wrote:

> Shayne O'Connor wrote:
>
>> Lee Revell wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 13:08 -0300, Ignacio Ramírez wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> If you have an independent kernel module, such as the semi-closed one
>>>> that NVidia provides, it is clearly not patched for realtime! This is
>>>> my
>>>> case. Maybe for audio I should use the nv module included in the
>>>> kernel
>>>> distribution.   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Of course all bets are off if you load a closed source module.  You
>>> should definitely use the nv driver.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> my system works fine with 2.6.12RC6 + rt_preempt + nvidia drivers 
>> (need 3d acceleration to use Mixxx at its best) - no xruns, latency 
>> down to 256 (can go to 128, but with the odd hiccup).
>>
>> just about to compile the 2.6.12 vanilla with rt_preempt (if it's a 
>> goer) ...
>>
>> shayne
>>
> Just compiled the 2.6.12 vanilla with rt_preempt but cannot build 
> nvidia drivers, how did you do that?


are you using the latest Nvidia drivers?

shayne