[LAU] xrun problems. (Was Re: Introduction to Ardour 3.0 MIDI)

[david]

Diego Simak wrote:
> 2011/3/31 david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com>:
>> I have a UCA202, also. Make sure it's the *only* device attached to whatever
>> USB controller you've hooked it to. USB sucks when multiple devices share a
>> controller! On my setup, it wouldn't work correctly at all until I put it on
>> its own USB port.
> 
> I have used a mouse with another USB port, don't really know if it
> uses the same controller, but good to know that.

My little laptop has a lot of USB things hooked to it!

>> On my laptop, even with the wireless antenna turned off, the wireless driver
>> period pops up and scans for networks. Of course, it finds none, but while
>> it's interacting with the wireless hardware, it causes xruns. IIRC, some
>> folk on the list said to blacklist the wireless module so it doesn't even
>> get loaded?
>>
> 
> I'm using Gnome what I'm doing is todeselect the "Enable Networking"
> in the nm-applet and also turn off the wireless RF.
> I still need to learn more about the usb audio i/f and see if the wifi
> device support MSi that would help as was said before.

I think you actually have to blacklist the wireless driver to prevent it 
from being loaded by the kernel.

>> I've also heard that the binary NVidia drivers do not cooperate with RT
>> work.
> 
> I have a ATI Radeon driver installed, I will try to remove this driver
> and see how it works.

I have NVidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (integrated chipset), I think 
aptosid is using the open-source driver (not the binary blob driver). No 
need for 3D acceleration.

>> I've glad you were able to make a Pengutronix kernel work. I couldn't make
>> their kernel work at all. So far, the RT kernel in Aptosid seems to be
>> working very well on my desktop PC, so I'm planning to try it on my laptop.
> 
> I just followed the instructions described here:
> 
> http://www.pengutronix.de/software/linux-rt/debian_en.html
> What's the Aptosid RT kernel version?

2.6.37. They only supply RT kernels.

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David
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