[linux-audio-user] Please test the RT rlimits patch for audio

Joachim Schiele joachim at muse-sequencer.org
Wed May 11 08:35:25 EDT 2005


On Wednesday 11 May 2005 11:37, Norval Watson wrote:
> Has the RT-rlimits patch been merged into the 2.6.12-rc4 kernel?
>
> FWIW, I compiled and installed this kernel on debian-pure64 box.
> Made edits in /etc/security/limits.conf giving audio a rt_priority of
> 80. Just running pam from debian-pure64.
> I can start JACK in realtime mode -R  as root but as normal user I
> cannot start JACK using -R flag. If I start JACK as root other apps
> complain.
>
> Debian Q: What line do I put in /etc/apt/sources.list so I can apt-get
> the source for the patched pam from
> http://steamballoon.com/pam/debian-testing/ as described by Lee below?

Hey,

I don't think you can put that repository into your /etc/apt/sources.list list 
because the dependencies are not solved. But you can install the deb's via
dpkg -i package.deb after downloading them.

Good luck, and please proove me wrong if so.

Joachim

>  > Since you're running pure64, my packages (which are i386) won't work
>
> for
>
> > > > you.  The easiest thing for you is probably to get the sources from
> > > > http://steamballoon.com/pam/debian-testing/ and rebuild the debs for
> > > > your system.
> >
> > You have to get the source like this:
> >
> > apt-get source package-name
> >
> > Then cd to the directory that is created, and run
> >
> > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
> >
> > Please see http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-build.en.html.
> >
> > Lee
>
> I have tried various things but apt-get update complains about not
> finding Sources.gz in the tree.
> Cheers,
> Norv



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