[LAU] questions about limits.conf

[Folderol]

On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:10:29 -0500
Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Trying to hammer down the current recommendations for the limits.conf 
> file. Ardour advises that 'memlock unlimited' is a bad idea, but what's 
> the formula for setting that value ?
> 
> Also, is the 'nice' line still needed ? If so, is there an optimal value ?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> dp

My understanding is that Nice has been unnecessary for some time. Also, a lot
of distros are moving away from the use of limits.conf - don't know what they
use instead, just that my latest (squeeze) install asked me if I wanted it to
set up audio when I installed qjackctl and a lot of other audio stuff. I said
yes, and it did everything for me!

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