[LAU] limits.conf nice rtprio

[Paul Davis]

I am no longer involved in JACK development.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Tim <termtech at rogers.com> wrote:

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> On 08/17/2017 11:34 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
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>> The fact that jackd has a --foobar option does not mean that a GUI front
>> end for jackd should expose it. The developers of JACK were/are
>> hackers/tinkerers and were egged on by other hackers/tinkerers to make as
>> many things possible as we could. This might be good for hackers/tinkerers
>> but it doesn't make it good for most users.
>>
>
> Open your jack1 code. Add shortened words to that effect on
>  each experimental command-line option you want. Push. Done.
>
> QJackctl team then then adds an "Experimental" tab, and moves
>  option items to it, that you marked so, or hides them completely -
>  it's their decision.
>
> Advanced tab = "Yeah, you might need these."
> Experimental tab = "Hands off, fool!"
>
> Problem solved. Everyone happy. No?
>
> T.
>
>
>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Tim <termtech at rogers.com <mailto:
>> termtech at rogers.com>> wrote:
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>>     On 08/17/2017 01:59 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
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>>         When you've spent years dealing with people screwing up their
>>         JACK installations/configurations by messing with parameters
>>         which were never really meant to be exposed to users, you will
>>         definitely be "Advanced".
>>
>>
>>     Ah, you want the "not nice" setting.
>>
>>     Tim.
>>
>>
>>         Maybe there are other ways to get there.
>>
>>         On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Will Godfrey
>>         <willgodfrey at musically.me.uk
>>         <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk>
>>         <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk
>>         <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk>>> wrote:
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>>              On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:05:46 -0400
>>              Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com
>>         <mailto:paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
>>              <mailto:paul at linuxaudiosystems.com
>>         <mailto:paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>>> wrote:
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>>               > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Jaromír Mikeš
>>              <mira.mikes at gmail.com <mailto:mira.mikes at gmail.com>
>>         <mailto:mira.mikes at gmail.com <mailto:mira.mikes at gmail.com>>>
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>>               > wrote:
>>               >
>>               > >
>>               > > ​
>>               > > What about my 2nd question?
>>               > > In qjackctrl Settings -> Advanced ... there is a
>>         "Priority"
>>              option ...
>>               > > It corresponds to -P cli option
>>               > > For what is it good and how it should be used?
>>               > >
>>               >
>>               > ​It's under "Advanced". That means ... if you don't know
>>         what it
>>              does,
>>               > don't use it, or adjust it. ​
>>
>>              I find that response surprising, unhelpful and quite wrong.
>>
>>              How can anyone discover whether they need to use a feature
>>         if nobody
>>              will tell
>>              them what it does?
>>              How does one become 'advanced'?
>>
>>              --
>>              Will J Godfrey
>>         http://www.musically.me.uk
>>              Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
>>              Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a
>> song.
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