[LAU] limits.conf nice rtprio

Tim termtech at rogers.com
Sat Aug 19 15:13:26 UTC 2017



On 08/18/2017 10:10 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> I am no longer involved in JACK development.

Sorry, I think I'm having trouble with my mail reader -
  darn Thunderbird, cuts off lines sometimes.
I missed the second half of your reply - the part
  which logically proceeds to tell us which options
  should not be exposed.

Tim.

> 
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Tim <termtech at rogers.com 
> <mailto:termtech at rogers.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 08/17/2017 11:34 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> 
>         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> <mailto:termtech at rogers.com
>         <mailto:termtech at rogers.com>>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>              On 08/17/2017 01:59 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> 
>                  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>>
>                  <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk
>         <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk>
>                  <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk
>         <mailto:willgodfrey at musically.me.uk>>>> wrote:
> 
>                       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>>
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>         <mailto:paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
>                  <mailto:paul at linuxaudiosystems.com
>         <mailto:paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>>>> wrote:
> 
>                        > 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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>         <mailto:mira.mikes at gmail.com> <mailto:mira.mikes at gmail.com
>         <mailto:mira.mikes at gmail.com>>>>
> 
>                        > 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'?
> 
>                       --
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