[LAU] rt-video guide on linux jounal

[david]

Jack O'Quin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:14 PM, MarcOChapeau <marco at marcochapeau.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:52:27 +0100, garryo <garry.ogle at tiscali.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> strangely the guy in the vid set rt priorities for qjackctl, ardour and
>>> other audio softs he was using as well as the expected jackd.
>>> surely only jackd and the sound card IRQ need real time priorities?
>>> or am i missing something here?
>> I finally found the time to look at it... It is probably one of the best
>> rt-audio tutorials I have seen...
>>
>> Picture that: a guy actually takes the time to make  *video* for the *linux
>> journal* to tell you to change the RT prio of.... QJACKCTL ! I hope I
>> misunderstood... Really...
>>
>> And what's all this about set_rlimits ? There's PAM for that (well, except
>> maybe on slackware where they... don't like PAM)
>>
>> Oh, a good one too : "As is usually the case with Linux, the first thing we
>> need to do is recompile the kernel". Dude... this is 2008... We have audio
>> distros out there...
> 
> A year or two ago, the PAM updates and realtime kernels were not
> widely available.  Perhaps his information is simply a little dated.

Or he has his own idea of just what he wants in his kernel, how it's 
configured, and perhaps isn't satisfied with the existing realtime kernels.

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David
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