[LAU] questions about limits.conf

Bernardo Barros bernardobarros2 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 12 15:31:26 UTC 2010


I think that would make sense that jack's installation automatically
changes limits.conf to whatever they already recommend, wouldn't it? I
think ubuntu package is doing something like this.

2010/12/12 Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org>:
> 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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