[LAU] Issue with the priority of the sound cards using rtirq

[gene heskett]

On Thursday, May 03, 2012 07:50:27 AM Ralf Mardorf did opine:

> On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 23:25 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > 222 FF      75   - 115  0.0 S    irq/16-nouveau
> 
> Nouveau?
> 
> You've got no performance issues using Nouveau? Wow!
> 
> I used nv, but since nv is dropped, I use the proprietary driver. When
> I've got time, I'll test the vesa driver or unmount the Nvidia graphics
> and test the FLOSS ATI driver with the integrated Radeon AND I'll
> compile a kernel myself for US Precise too.
> 
> Nouveau is a PITA on my machine.
> 
The last time I tried Nouveau, it worked just fine for me, but must have 
had a wild pointer someplace, my uptimes were a max of a day & a half. 
Using nvidia-current, dkms installed, I have 19 days now.  But this card 
has been cooked by a failed & too small fan once, so its days are probably 
numbered.  I have gkrellm watching the GPU temp now, shows in the middle 
60's C.  I have a cpu cooler that will fit it if there is height room for 
it that I'll see if I can mount on it the next time I pull the card because 
the temps are getting too close to the bus disconnect messages in the log.
Otherwise, nvidia is selling an economy model with a huge passive heat 
sink, no fan.  That IMO is how it _should_ be.  I don't need a 10,000 fps 
card burning 400 watts to play klondike.

Cheers, Gene
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