[LAU] rt kernel in debian/squeeze

[Robin Gareus]

Hi Jeremy,

On 01/07/2011 08:56 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> On 01/07/2011 08:14 PM, Josh Lawrence wrote:
>> in addition to Robin's suggestions, I'll add one more to the mix:
>> AVLinux uses this kernel, I dunno if it is a true -rt kernel, but my
>> results have been very positive:
>>
>> http://liquorix.net/
>>
>> ymmv.  my initial reaction would be to trust the 64 studio kernel over
>> all of the suggestions, just b/c they are familiar with the linux
>> audio landscape.
> 
> The liquorix kernel is not a RT kernel. And I tried the 64 Studio
> kernel, had to change the apt line though:
> 
> deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports squeeze-backports main contrib
> non-free

Thanks for correcting this.

> Tried to reboot, kernel panic. 

Really?! Maybe you're missing an initrd?! Although that should be
created automatically we had an issue with this in the past:

IIRC /etc/kernel-img.conf needs to have "do_initrd=Yes" which is set on
new 64studio/openDAW installations but may not be on by default on sid.
You can run
 `update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.33.7-rt29-multimedia-amd64; update-grub2`
manually after installing the kernel. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll
see if we can work-around this if it really is the issue.

> Could be because this was on Sid. The
> Pengutronix kernel works fine. But it doesn't have the nouveau driver so
> I can't use it really.

64studio's 2.6.33.. has CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=m so that should work even
though it's not the latest version.

> Yeah, I could compile it myself but that actually
> boils down to rolling my own kernel. Leave that for another time.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jeremy