[LAU] Test if Linux is ready for audio (realtimeconfigquickscan.pl script)

[James Cameron]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 02:32:17PM -0700, Scott wrote:
> >From the horse's mouth:
> 
>     It has to do with Python's lack of support for signals in threads.
> 
>     https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481569
>     http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4680
> 
>     The Red Hat people have put a lot of work into fixing this, along with
>     Sugar.
> 
>     Python apps which initialize threads will end up waking every 1/10th of a
>     second, rather than idling properly.

Actually, PyGTK applications.  The update manager relies on PyGTK.
Python applications not dependent on PyGTK are unaffected.

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James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/