[LAU] Low Latency Kernel for openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 - please help

[Mark Knecht]

Cannot help you with anything Suse related but why settle for a kernel
as old as 2.6.19? With 2.6.23 stuff starting to appear it seems like a
lot of work to end up quite far behind.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/

On 9/16/07, David Haggett <david at haggett.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello, List
>
> Until recently I have been running SUSE 9.3 x86_64 with a self-compiled
> realtime kernel (using the realtime-lsm).  I have now upgraded to openSUSE
> 10.2 because I was having difficulties installing the latest versions of
> certain applications.
>
> I'm very happy with the distribution generally, but I'd now like to get my
> audio performance back to what it was.  Via the installation and set-up forum
> at jacklab, I have been directed to realtime kernel, kernel-source and PAM
> packages for x86_64 at:
>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/appleonkel/openSUSE_10.2/x86_64/
>
> Have downloaded the packages but have not yet installed them.  Unfortunately
> the thread dried up before it answered my supplementary questions.
>
> Firstly I noticed that the kernel and kernel-source packages have different
> release numbers.  Does this matter?  I need to compile the nvidia driver to
> get X back after the install.
>   kernel-rt-2.6.19.1-4.1.x86_64.rpm
>   kernel-source-2.6.19.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm
>
> The other point I'm confused on is how to safely install the RPM.  Is it
> really as simple as rpm -Uvh or are there other steps.  Does installing the
> new kernel wipe out the old one, or will it install alongside the default
> one?
>
>
>
> Secondly
> --
>
> David Haggett
>
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