[LAU] CPU Priorities at limits.conf

Edgar Aichinger edogawa at aon.at
Tue Mar 4 18:53:52 EST 2008


Am Dienstag, 4. März 2008 schrieb Arda Eden:
> I order to use my audio applications (related to latency) more efficiently,
> I gave some priorities to the applications which are in the "audio" group by
> adding the lines below, to the file "/etc/security/limits.conf"
> 
> @audio - rtprio 95
> @audio - memlock 512000
> @audio - nice -19
> 
> By doing this, to which application did I give the priority ?

To a *user* belonging to this group. Just add your user to group audio and 
re-login to your desktop.

> 
> Alsa, Jack ... ?
> 
> How is that defined in GNU/Linux ?
> 
> I mean,
> Did I give this priority to all applications using the sound device or to
> the applications that are included in the "audio" group ?
> 
> Who, what or which are in the "audio" group ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 





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