[LAU] new laptop redux

[Dave Phillips]

shane richards wrote:
>
> 1) Add the Medibuntu repositories to get all your codecs
>
>
>   
Okay, will do.

> 2) Add the ubuntu-studio repos, but don't just install the entire set;
> pick and choose the bits and pieces that you want - or you'll be
> wasting more time and cursing and swearing and fixing things later.
>
>   
Ditto.
> 2b) DON'T USE these from ubuntu-studio repos: ardour, rosegarden, 
> bristol, hydrogen or jamin as the versions supplied are outdated.
> Build them yourself (except ardour and jamin) from cvs/svn.
> Easy way: use 'apt-get build-dep <package-name>' to install build
> dependencies, then compile your source from there.
>
>   
Doing it now. I already built Csound 5.09.2, I'm compiling Ardour 3 now.


> 2b) Get jack SVN. Maybe the easiest way is to leave the ubuntu 
> version of jack intact and build and install over the top of it.
> That way your dependencies won't break. Make sure you install to
> '/usr' NOT '/usr/local' or things can go haywire with two versions of
> jack laying around.
>
>   
Right-o. I know this dance. :)

> 4) Get a copy of rncbc's rt_irq script. It's a good basis to get
> all your audio timing right. (Oh, once it's installed, run jack
> at priority 70)
>
>   
Will do.

Another question: I changed the ownership for /dev/nvidia0 and 
/dev/nvidiactl to include myself, but on reboot the ownerships had 
reverted. How do I make the change permanent ?

Best,

dp