[linux-audio-user] jacks runs fine until I login to fluxbox?!?!?!

[Brian Dunn]

stuff at trackingsolutions.ca wrote:

>My first question is: It there a way to check if realtime is really working?
>
>I am running demudi 1.3 with what others have confirmed is totally adequate 
>hardware. When I first boot demudi I can start jack with the following 
>command:
>
>/usr/bin/jackd -v --realtime -u -dalsa -dhw:0 -r96000 -p256 -n2
>
>I would like 96000 in order to create high quality DVD audio. 
>
>But when I login to fluxbox and qjackctl, gkrellm and other apps start I see 
>output in qjackctl's display like this 1(4532) after about 30 seconds. I then 
>go back to the command line and I willsee the following repeating on the 
>command line very fast:
>
>delay of 2810.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2664.000; restart ...
>delay of 2810.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2664.000; restart ...
>delay of 2810.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2664.000; restart ...
>delay of 2810.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2664.000; restart ...
>delay of 2810.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2664.000; restart ...
>delay of 2810.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2664.000; restart ...
>
>and on and on......
>
>After this I cannot get jack to respond properly unless I kill all apps 
>running in fluxbox and don't pull up the menu in fluxbox. Even simple mouse 
>commands to view the fluxbox menu cause xruns!
>
>- I have used Ingo Molnar’s 2.6 kernel patch (I am having the same problems in 
>the default 2.6 kernel with demudi 1.3 with kernel 2.6 and do not remember 
>these problems with demudi 1.2.1 kernel 2.4)
>- I have set my Audio Card priority to 99 (also tried as default)
>- I have set my jack priority to 70 (toggled between 0 and 70)
>- I have installed and configure realtime-lsm (played with all parameters)
>- I have put export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 in my /etc/profile
>
>What else can one do to solve this problem? I am stumped!
>
>Thanks 
>Chris Cherrett
>
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i've seen the same errors here, but it is on an old P3 750 i was just 
testing to see if realtime jack was possible, and i took that string of 
delay messages as a no.  interesting thing is i'm a fluxbox user too...
brian