[linux-audio-user] Re: FC5 + X86_64 + RT16 = no boot

[tim hall]

On Tuesday 18 April 2006 02:54, Loki Davison was like:
> >    One note: Based on a comment Lee Revel made a few days ago, I think
> > on this list, about the standard kernel giving good realtime results I
> > built 2.6.16-gentoo-r2 on Saturday. It's now up two days with no
> > problems. I'm running at 128/2, and even 64/2 as shown below) in Jack
> > with no xruns so far although I've got a cold and am using it very
> > lightly right now. Anyway, I agree with Lee (so far!) that even the
> > current 2.6.16 series is giving much better performance than older
> > kernels even without Ingo's patches. IF it matters I use the
> > realtime-lsm module and not the othe PAM based stuff.

I just bit the bullet and decided to have a go at rolling my own kernel for 
the first time, following the DeMuDi HOWTO 
http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/Low-latencyKernelBuildingHowto and a certain 
amount of advice from Antonio and well, 5 builds later I seem to have a 
working kernel! I´m using the patched libpam modules from Ubuntu (heh ;) with 
2.6.16.5 so far so good. Ardour-0.99 seems happy, with a really low dsp. 
Certainly as good as I´ve had with earlier -rt patched kernel packages from 
DeMuDi.

I´m wondering whether setting negative nice values 
in /etc/security/limits.conf is necessary or even a good idea. I shall have 
to play around and fine-tune things a bit yet.

Now I have started I may as well build an -rt patched version to test the 
difference. Does it conflict with PAM rtlimits?
-- 
cheers,

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim